5:2 Diet - Minestrone Soup

Ingredients

• 800 g tins cannellini beans canned
• 8 medium carrots chopped
• 2 stalks celery chopped
• 2 medium courgettes chopped (zucchini)
• 2  fat cloves garlic crushed
• 1  onion finely chopped
• 1 handful a parsley fresh generous chopped
• 150 g lubella strand pasta (or other)
• 1 tbsp rapeseed oil cold pressed
• 10 servings grinding of salt & pepper good freshly ground
• 100 g pkt spinach chopped
• 2 tbsp tomato purée 
• 1200 g tins tomatoes chopped canned
• 5  pints/10 cups vegetable stock 

Equipment

Directions

1. Saute the onion in garlic in the rapeseed oil until soft and translucent. Then add the celery, courgette and carrots and cook gently for a few minutes.
2. Add the tomatoes, tomato puree, beans, spinach and vegetable stock.
3. Mix well and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat, cover and leave it to simmer gently for 15 minutes.
4. Add the pasta and cook for another 15 minutes. Season and add the fresh herbs.
5. Enjoy!