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Minestrone Soup

A hearty Italian vegetable soup with cannellini beans, pasta, zucchini, carrot and spinach in a rich tomato broth. Thick, filling and packed with goodness — perfect for batch cooking.

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Prep

15m

Cook

30m

Diff.

Eas

Serves

5

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Ingredients

Squash, summer, yellow, includes skin, raw

1 medium, diced

120 g

Carrots, baby, raw

2 medium, diced

120 g

Celery, American Green, stalk, raw

2 stalks, sliced

80 g

Garlic, raw

2 cloves

8 g

Tomatoes, crushed, canned

1 can

400 g

Soup, vegetable with beef broth, canned, condensed

5 cups

1200 g

Squash, summer, green, zucchini, includes skin, raw

1–2 zucchini, diced

200 g

Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), canned, sodium added, drained and rinsed

1 can cannellini beans

240 g

Mustard spinach, (tendergreen), raw

handful

60 g

Oil, olive, extra virgin

2 tablespoons

20 g

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Instructions

1

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, carrot and celery. Cook for 6–7 minutes until softened.

2

Add garlic and cook for 1 minute.

3

Add the crushed tomatoes, vegetable stock, and a bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper.

4

Bring to the boil then add the pasta and zucchini.

5

Simmer for 10–12 minutes until the pasta and vegetables are tender.

6

Stir in the drained cannellini beans and spinach. Cook for 2 more minutes until the spinach wilts.

7

Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve with crusty bread and a drizzle of olive oil.

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