Minestrone Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 onion

• 1 potato 

• 2 carrots

• 1 tin chopped tomatoes

• 1 tin 3 bean mix

• 1 tin butter beans

• 1/4 cabbage shredded

• 1 chicken or vegetable stock cubes

• One and a half cups of cooked rice

• 800 mls water

• 1 teaspoon mixed herbs

• 2 teaspoons oil

Method:

• Cook 1 and ½ cups rice, drain and stand aside.

• Peel potato and carrots and cut into small cubes and shred cabbage.

• In a large saucepan heat oil and cook onion gently until softened and lightly browned.

• Add chopped tomatoes and potato refill tomato tin twice with cold water (800mls) adding to saucepan.

• Add chicken or vegetable stock cubes ,mixed herbs, potato, carrot and cabbage and bring to a simmer, let simmer until these vegetables have softened .

• Drain the mixed beans and butter beans rinse well. Add to pan along with the cooked rice or pasta simmer a further 3-5 minutes until heated through. Season with salt and pepper.