Quick Minestrone Soup
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Ingredients
 
1 can of cannellini beans or any white beans
1 can of green peas or 2 cups of fresh or frozen green peas
9 cups chicken or vegetable stock 
1 large stick celery, chopped
1 large onion, sliced
1 medium carrot, sliced
1 small sweet potato, chopped into small chunks
2 tomatoes, peeled and quartered
1 cup of any leafy green vegetable, sliced (from High CataStim Food List)
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 cup of wholemeal macaroni
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese, low fat
chopped parsley to garnish
 
1.  Place stock, beans, celery, onion, carrot and sweet potato in a large pan and bring to boil.  Turn down heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
 
2.  Add the tomatoes, leafy vegetables, basil, oregano and onion powder.  Cook for 10 minutes.
 
3.  Add macaroni and green peas and cook for a further 10-15 minutes until pasta is cooked. 
 
4.  Serve with grated parmesan and garnish with parsley.  If required season individual serves with sea salt or Amena's herb salt.
 
Serves 8-10

NUTRITION INFORMATION

Servings per package:

10

Serving size:

147.10  g


Average
Quantity per
Serving

Average
Quantity per
100 g

Energy

424

kJ

288

kJ

Protein

6.6

g

4.5

g

Fat, total

1.2

g

0.8

g

 - saturated

0.6

g

0.4

g

Carbohydrate

17.0

g

11.6

g

- sugars

5.0

g

3.4

g

Sodium

330

mg

225

mg

 
This nutritional panel is based on canned butter beans, canned baby peas and cabbage plus other ingredients as stated.  No sodium value was available for pasta used.
 
Please note, the information provided here is approximate.
 
Totals do not include: possible substitutions, optional ingredients, or ingredients without a measurement (e.g. "to taste").
 

 
 
 
 
 
Variations
 
Miso stock instead of vegetable stock.  Dissolve 2 tablespoons of Miso paste  into 1 cup of hot filtered water and then add an additional 8 cups of filtered water.
 
Add a tablespoon of organic Tomato paste during Step 1.
 
Replace macaroni with cooked rice or a gluten free pasta of your choice.