Italian Vegetable Soup

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (14 ounce) can beans
• 2 leeks, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 sticks celery, finely chopped
• 4 carrots, finely diced
• 2 parsnips, peeled and finely diced
• 2 (14 ounce) cans chopped tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons small shell pasta, shapes
• 2 tablespoons fresh thyme, chopped
• 3 tablespoons vegetable bouillon granules
• fresh ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 place the beans, leeks, garlic and carrots in a saucepan and cover with boiling water.
• 2 add the parsnips, tomatoes, pasta shapes and thyme, bring to the boil and reduce to a gentle simmer.
• 3 stir in sufficient stock powder to taste, adjusting the consistency with more water.
• 4 continue to simmer for about 20 mins until the vegetables are soft.
• 5 season well with black pepper and serve hot.