• Half a dozen small potatoes, chopped
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 clove of garlic
• 2 carrots, thinly sliced
• 1 leaf of curly kale
• small wedge of pumpkin, chopped
• 600ml chicken stock (or veg if you must)
• stick of celery, sliced

Fry the onion in a bit of olive oil, then add the veg and fry until starting to go soft. Add the stock, some salt and plenty of black pepper. Simmer for about 40 minutes and blitz with a hand-blender or in a Magimix. Serve with freshly-baked soda bread.

It all went. William had thirds – though I may have been a bit economical with the truth when it came to the ingredients…