Easy Minestrone Soup

5 from 4 votes

Easy Minestrone Soup, a simple soup packed with veggies and flavour

Course Soup

Cuisine Italian

Keyword healthy, minestrone, slimming world, Soup

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 30

Total Time 45

Servings

Calories 176kcal

1 Tablespoon Olive Oil / or Frylite if you're being super good
3 sticks Celery chopped into small pieces
2 Small red onions or 1 large peeled and chopped into small pieces
1 leek or 6 baby leeks peeled and chopped into small pieces
1 large or 2 small potatoes peeled and chopped into small pieces
3 carrots peeled and chopped into small pieces
1 - 2 Cloves garlic peeled and crushed ot chopped very finely
Handful of green beans chopped into small lengths (I forgot to buy mine :-) )
100 g mushrooms chopped into small pieces
1 tin of chopped tomatoes or I used tinned cherry tomatoes 1/2 punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
1 1/4 pints water - with 1 Vegeable stock cube crumbled in it
2 Tablespoons Tomato puree
50 g Dried Soup pasta or any small pasta
Handful torn basil leaves or any other herbs you fancy
Salt & Black pepper

In a large saucepan add the olive oil - place on a high heat on the hob
Add all the veggies and garlic, except the chopped tomatoes and herbs
Fry for approx 5 minutes, stirring
Next add the tin of chopped tomatoes, fresh cherry tomatoes and tomato paste
Then add the stock
Bring to the boil and reduce to a simmer for approx. 8-10 minutes
Then tip in the soup pasta and simmer for 8 minutes or until soft
Finally add the herbs - stir and season to taste If your soup is thick (it will thicken on cooling) simply add some more water
Dig in and enjoy! AND no you don't need that bread :-)

*** All nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide