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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal212
    low
  • fat7g
    low
  • saturates4g
  • carbs24g
  • sugars4g
  • fibre6g
  • protein11g
  • salt1.5g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat a large non-stick pan, tip in half the vegetables and the garlic, and cook, stirring, over a high heat until they start to soften – about 5 mins. Tip in the basil, tomatoes, stock cube and 2 cans of water, then blitz with a hand blender to get the mixture as smooth as you can.

  • step 2

    Add the remaining frozen veg, cover the pan and cook for 15-20 mins more until the veg is tender. Ladle into bowls. Serve with the herby ricotta on rye bread.

RECIPE TIPS
MAKE YOUR CHUNKY MEDITERRANEAN SOUP DIFFERENTLY

Create a speedy minestrone instead.  Follow the recipe, above, but replace the basil and tomatoes with a 500g carton passata (and 2 cartons water) and 3 tbsp pesto, and use mixed garden vegetables (carrots, peas, beans, corn) instead of the grilled ones. There is no need to pre-fry or blitz the soup, just tip everything into a pan with 50g snapped wholewheat spaghetti and boil for 12 mins. (Omit the ricotta and bread.) (Nutrition per serving: 183 kcals, protein 7g, carbs 21g, fat 6g, sat fat 1g, fibre 3g, sugar 10g, salt 1.4g).

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2014

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A star rating of 3.6 out of 5.12 ratings

Daniel.Reene2448844

Too chunky

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Ellis Morgan

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Add less water :)

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Beans on Toast

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Really nice soup. Quick, simple and surprisingly flavourful despite the sparseness of the ingredients. We used a Lidl 'Italian style' veg mix, which had all of the usual suspects plus some black olives. Noteworthy, as I would definitely turn up the black olives if I was to do this again. I would…

ordonnel

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Light and full of flavo.r. Very nice

muffinmom

Delicious! A light yet satisfying soup. I have played around with the vegetables that go in using whatever is at hand & even added bits of walnut to it for an extra bite.

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