Chunky Vegetable Minestrone

Chunky Vegetable Minestrone
Cooking time:
25 mins
Serves:
6
Pig out on this healthy soup jam-packed with vitamins and goodness

Ingredients

  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 leek, sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 2 celery stalks, finely chopped
  • 2 large carrots, diced
  • 1 red capsicum, diced
  • 1 yellow capsicum, diced
  • 400g tin crushed tomatoes
  • 400g tin cannellini beans, drained
  • 80g peas (frozen is fine)
  • 1L low-salt vegetable stock or water
  • Black pepper, to season
  • 1/2 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley

Method

1. Cook onion, leek and garlic in a large saucepan with a little water until soft.

2. Add celery, carrot and capsicum and cook for a few minutes.

3. Add the tomato, beans, peas and stock. Simmer over a gentle heat for 15 minutes until vegetables are tender.

4. Season with pepper.

5. Fold through the parsley just before serving.

Notes

This is a very simple but soup-er healthy broth with lots of vegies, fibre and protein to give your body the nutrients it needs when trying to lose the extra body fat that can creep on during the chilly months. It'll also fill you up - big time.

Per Serve: 1.7g fat | 12g carbs | 8g protein | 473kJ

Source:
Women's Health
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