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Minestrone Soup

  • Prep Time
    15 MINS
  • Cook Time
    45 MINS
  • KCals 192
  • Carbs 39G
6 Servings

Ingredients

  • 2 onions peeled and chopped
  • 4 large carrots peeled and chopped
  • 1 red pepper deseeded and chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic chopped
  • 8 decent sized mushrooms
  • 2 courgettes roughly diced
  • 1 handful frozen peas
  • 1 handful frozen sweetcorn
  • 4 spring onions chopped
  • 2 medium potatoes peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1 stick celery chopped
  • 2 tins chopped tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp tomato puree
  • 2 vegetable stock cubes or 1 Chicken and 1 Veg
  • 50 g pasta you can use any small pasta, or spaghetti broken into short lengths
  • 1 tin cannellini beans drained and rinsed
  • 2 tsp Italian herbs
  • sea salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • pinch fresh basil chopped
  • 1 tsp parmesan grated - optional
  • low calorie cooking spray

Instructions

  1. Spray a large pan with a decent amount of low calorie cooking spray, then add the chopped onion and garlic

  2. Cook on a medium heat until soft, but not coloured
  3. Add all the ingredients except the pasta, cannellini beans, spring onion, salt and pepper
  4. Stir well, and add enough water to just cover the ingredients
  5. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 30 minutes or until the veg have softened
  6. Scoop out about half of the cooked veg and use a stick blender to blitz the soup left in the pan
  7. Check the seasoning and adjust if necessary, then return the reserved veg to the pan and add the pasta, chopped spring onions and cannellini beans
  8. Allow to simmer gently for another 20 minutes or so, stirring occasionally so it doesn't stick to the pan
  9. Check the pasta is cooked, check the seasoning once again then serve with a sprinkling of chopped basil or Italian herbs and (if you want) a teaspoon of grated parmesan.