GRANDMA`S POTATO SOUP WITH POTATO PANCAKES

I know... maybe this soup doesn´t look exceptional.... but as they saying... back to the basics!!!!
It´s my grandma´s recipe and i love this soup since i´m a little child!!!

Ingredients for the soup:

• 1,5 liter vegetable stock
•  5 large peeled potatoes
•  2 carrots
•  1/2 celery with its leaves
•  2 tomatoes
•  some lovage leaves
•  salt and pepper to taste
• about 2 tbsp cumin
• 2-3 tbsp dried majoram
• a dash of cream 

1. Cut all vegetables into small pieces and put it together with the broth into a large pot.
2. Cook with lid until the vegetables are soft.
3. Now puree the soup and add a dash of cream (depends on how creamy you like the soup)
4. Add the cumin and the majoram to it and season with salt and pepper. 

Ingredients for the potato-pancakes (sorry i don´t know how much i have used from each ingredient. but don´t worry. It´s definitely easy to prepare. 

• peeled potatoes
• 1 onion
• flour
• salt, pepper, nutmeg to taste
• margarine or oil
• maybe you can use an egg-replacer

1. Grate potatoes and onions in a food processor
2. Put the mass into a sieve and let the water drain into a bowl. Pat it with paper towels. If you wait a minute, the potato starch settles to the bottom of the bowl. pour off the water and add the starch to the potato-mass
3. Add some flour to get a thick mass.
4. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
5. In a large non stick pan, heat margarine or oil. Drop about a 1,5 tablespoons into the pan and flatten it. Saute until golden brown.
6. Drain on paper towels and serve it to the soup or applesauce.

SPINACH AND PEA SOUP

INGREDIENTS: (SERVES 3 PERSONS)

• 30g MARGARINE
• 1/2 TBSP FLOUR (ALSO GLUTEN-FREE FLOUR)
• 1 CHOPPED ONION
• 1 CHOPPED GARLIC
• 1 LITER VEGETABLE STOCK
• 250g (FROZEN) PEAS
• 350g (FROZEN) SPINACH
• 1/8 LITER SOYCREAM
• SALT, FRESH PEPPER AND CHILI FLAKES TO TASTE

1. MELT THE MARGARINE IN A SOUP POT AND SAUTE THE ONION AND THE GARLIC. 
2. ADD THE FLOUR WHILE STIRRING CONSTANTLY.(THE FLOUR SHOULDN´T BE BROWN)
3. ADD THE SPINACH AND SAUTE IT FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
4. ADD THE PEAS AND SAUTE FOR ANOTHER 8 MINUTES.
5. POUR THE BROTH AND BRING IT TO BOIL FOR 10 MINUTES.
6. THEN MIX THE SOUP AND ADD THE SOYCREAM.
7. SEASON WELL WITH SALT, FRESH PEPPER AND CHILI FLAKES.

          SERVE ROASTED GARLIC BREAD TO IT!!! YUMMIE =)