When the temperature drops, there’s nothing like a hot bowl of soup to warm you up. With the Food Standards Agency recommending that we all cut down on the amount of saturated fat we eat, make sure that your soup does you good as well as tasting yummy by using Oatly oat drinks rather than dairy or soya products.
Oatly is high in fibre, low in saturated fat and is cholesterol lowering: just one 250ml glass of Oatly provides a third (1g) of the daily requirement of beta-glucans (soluble fibre) for cholesterol reduction. Eating a diet that is high in saturated fat can raise the level of cholesterol in your blood over time, which increases your chance of developing heart disease.
Made from the finest Swedish oats, Oatly oat drinks are naturally low in saturated fat:
- Oatly Organic has 0.7 % fat per 100ml of which 0.1 % is saturated
- Oatly Enriched has 1.5 % fat per 100ml of which 0.2 % is saturated
- Oatly Chocolate has 1.5 % fat per 100ml of which 0.2 % is saturated
- Oatly Organic Dairy-Free Alternative to Cream per 100g has 13 % fat of which 3 % is saturated
This soup is filling enough to be served as a main course. Other vegetables can be slipped in such as chopped leeks, carrots or celery if wished. A great dish to get children to eat fish: mackerel is an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids which can help keep the heart and brain healthy. It is also rich in Vitamin D which is essential for strong bones.
OATLY FISH CHOWDER
Serves 4-6
Preparation time 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Cost for recipe: £6.74
1 medium onion, chopped
2 tsp olive oil
200g floury potatoes, peeled and diced
200ml vegetable stock
198g can sweet corn, drained
100g frozen peas
1 tbsp corn flour
500ml Oatly Enriched or Organic oat drink
300g skinless haddock fillet
250g smoked mackerel
250ml carton Oatly Cream
1. In a large saucepan, cook the onion and potato in the oil over a medium heat for 5 minutes to soften. Add the stock, cover and simmer for 10 minutes until the potatoes are just tender.
2. While the potatoes are cooking cut the haddock into chunks and break the mackerel into large flakes, discarding the skin.
3. Blend the corn flour with a little of the Oatly and add to the pan with the sweet corn, peas and remaining Oatly then bring to simmer, now add the fish and cook gently for 10 minutes. Stir in the Oatly cream and heat a minute, season if needed.
4. Ladle into bowls and serve with crusty bread.
Serving suggestion: Grill some streaky bacon until crisp, drain on kitchen paper and chop then scatter over the top of the Chowder.
Tip: use any white fish fillets, Bassa/Vietnamese Cobbler fish would be good as it comes ready skinned and has a good firm texture for a dish like this.
Nutritional information per serving:
574-382kcals
32-21g protein
32-21g fat (of which 6.5-4.5g saturated)
39-26g carbohydrate (of which 13-9g sugars)
4-3g fibre
1.8-1.2g salt
Keep some cartons of Oatly in your cupboard for when you run out of milk for drinking and cooking or for when you fancy a tasty change. Oatly stays fresh for 4-5 days in the refrigerator after opening. Loyd Grossman, Jade Jagger and Lisa Snowdon are all Oatly fans so you’ll be in good company!
Oatly oat drinks are delicious on their own (check out the Chocolate variety with only 55 kcal per 100ml) and also make a great low-fat addition to a fruit smoothie. As Oatly is heat-stable, it’s also ideal for use in cooking and baking instead of dairy milk or cream. Check out the range of delicious sweet and savoury recipes on
www.oatly.com.
Oatly oat drinks are available from Waitrose, selected Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Morrisons and ASDA stores as well as Holland & Barrett and independent health stores. Oatly Organic and Oatly Enriched cost around £1.39 for a one litre pack, Oatly Chocolate is around £1.49 for a one litre pack and Oatly Organic Dairy-Free Alternative to Cream is around 79p for a 250ml pack.