Minestrone soup

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 25 minutes

Serves – 4

Ingredients

• 1 courgette sliced
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves crushed
• 1 red onion finely chopped
• 2 carrots chopped
• 2 celery sticks chopped
• 100g green beans, sliced
• 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
• 1 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 tin of cannellini beans, drained
• 500ml vegetable stock
• 100g wholewheat or brown rice spaghetti broken into 2cm strips
• 2 tsp basil
• 2 tsp parsley
• Salt and pepper to season

Directions

• Add oil to pan and soften onion and garlic.
• Add carrots, courgette, green beans and celery and soften.
• Add 500ml vegetable stock, tomatoes, beans, tomato puree, basil and spaghetti.
• Simmer for 25 minutes, then add the parsley and salt and pepper to season. Enjoy!