Minestrone soup - classic winter warmer

Name: Minestrone soup - classic winter warmer
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 celery; 1 onion chopped; 1 leek; 3 carrots 🥕 🥕 🥕; 2 (400 ml) cans of chopped tomatoes; 1 large potato 🥔; 1 (400 ml) can of cannellini beans, drained; 1 litre vegetable stock; 1 teaspoon oregano 🌿; Half a cabbage or seasonal greens; Handful pasta, rice or noodles; Parmesan cheese; Bread

Ant Sullivan @cook_7698551

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If you have veg to use up, this is a simple and tasty solution. Plenty of room to experiment with whatever you have to hand. The volume below makes something close to 8 portions so a perfect Sunday effort to set you up for lunches or dinner through the week

Ant Sullivan @cook_7698551

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Ingredients

Prepare the vegetables
2celery
1onion chopped
1leek
3carrots 🥕 🥕 🥕
Tomato, potato, beans and stock
2 (400 ml)cans of chopped tomatoes
1large potato 🥔
1 (400 ml)can of cannellini beans, drained
1 litrevegetable stock
1 teaspoonoregano 🌿
Greens and pasta, rice or noodles
Halfa cabbage or seasonal greens
Handfulpasta, rice or noodles
To serve
Parmesan cheese
Bread

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Steps

1

Slice celery lengthways and chop. Slice leek into quarters lengthways and chop. Chop onion, quarter carrots and chop
2

Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil and add chopped vegetables. At this point add bay leaf and oregano. On a medium heat, cook for 15 mins until soft. Stir occasionaly
3

Chop the potato into 2cm chunks. Add to vegetables together with cannellini beans, tomatoes and stock.
4

Bring to boil then cover and leave to simmer for 30 mins
5

Chop half cabbage, kale or any leafy greens. Add to mix. Cook for further 8 mins.
6

At same time add the pasta or rice. Today I had some noodles. Check cooking timing.
7

That’s it. Serve with Parmesan shavings, basil, bread or whatever you fancy!!