MINTED PEA and CHICKEN CHOWDER

A quick and easy soup, making use of nutritous fresh vegetables . You will need 2 onions , 2 carrots , 2 sticks of celery trimmed , 2 potatoes ,1/2 celeriac , 3 tbs of margararine / butter , 1 litre of vegetable stock and 2 cups of water . Chop the fresh vegetables roughly. Melt the butter/ margarine in a large saucepan , add the chopped vegetables and saute for 5 minutes . Pour in the stock / water mix and bring to the boil , then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes . Now you need to add 3 cups of frozen peas ,2 tbs of dried mint and continue simmering till the peas are tender . Allow to cool and then carefully use a hand blender to process to a smooth puree . Ok make a paste of 3 tbs of wholgrain mustard and 2 tbs of mayonnaise and mix this through 400gm of shredded chicken and stir this through the minted pea chowder . This is a one pot meal served with buttered crusty wholemeal bread rolls.