Minestrone soup
1
Points® value
Total Time
50 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
35 min
Serves
6
Difficulty
Easy
For Italians, minestrone means ‘big soup’ because it’s chock-full of vegetables, beans and pasta. Buon appetito!
Ingredients
Onion
1 large, chopped
Garlic
2 clove(s), crushed
Carrots, raw
2 medium, chopped
Celery, Raw
3 stick(s), sliced thinly
Swede
½ small, chopped
Vegetable stock cube
2 cube(s), 1.5 L
Borlotti beans, cooked
1 can(s), large, drained
Tinned Tomatoes
1 can(s), large
Tomato Purèe
1 teaspoon(s), level
Dried Mixed Herbs
1 tablespoon(s)
Wholewheat Pasta, dry
50 g, spaghetti, broken into short lengths
Green Beans
100 g, trimmed and sliced
Basil, fresh
9 leaf/leaves, to garnish