Chunky Veggie Minestrone Soup
- Tutu Mummy
- Jan 20, 2016
- 2 min read
The temperature is dropping outside, and in some areas we now even have snow, which means that it is perfect soup weather! I love a good soup, but I am also currently on a slimming journey so have to be careful about what I pop in the pot! Well here it is and in my opinion the best winter warmer around. Vegetarian Minestrone Soup, which if you are doing Slimming World is completely free, and also really filling which when dieting is great! This is a one pot wonder, so grab your chopping board and wooden spoon and here we go…
Quick List of Ingredients (serves 4-6)
1 onion, 3 carrots, 2 potatoes, 3 tomatoes and 2 parsnips (feel free to change any of these ingredients to ones you prefer except the onion)
125g each of spinach and cabbage
Low Calorie Cooking Spray
1 Litre of Vegetable Stock (obviously you can swap for beef but you’d need to syn this)
3 tsp of Italian Seasoning
1 carton of passata
150g of dried pasta (the smaller the shape the better)
400g can of butter beans in water
Salt and Pepper
Method
Put a really big pot on a medium heat and pop in some cooking spray and sauté the onion (diced) for 5 minutes. Then add the Italian seasoning and cook for a further two minutes
Now, into the pot chuck in the carrots, potatoes, tomatoes and parsnips (all chopped into smallish chunks) as well as the stock and the passata. Bring it to the boil, then lower the heat and simmer for an hour or until the veg begins to soften.
At this point, pop in the pasta too, give it a stir and leave until the pasta is almost cooked. Pop in the Spinach, Cabbage (shredded) and Butter beans and cook for the final 5 minutes!
Season to taste and BOOM! You got yourself a mighty fine soup!
Couple of things you should know:
*I have found that this soup freezes fine, so go ahead and double the recipe and fill your freezer.
*If you want a runnier soup, add as much liquid as you like…make it half stock and half passata!
*If you don’t like chunky soup, by all means give it a blitz for a nice creamy smooth soup.
I based this recipe on several that I have pulled from different places, but find this is what works for me. Have a go and let me know how it turns out. Also, if you make any substitutions tell me if you find any really good ones won’t you?
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