Mixed Grain Minestrone

  Prep Time: 20mins
  Cook Time: 1hr
  Serves: 6

Ingredients

  • 1.5L vegetable stock
  • 1 brown onion diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 tin diced tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • ¼ cup soup mix* - soaked for 2 hours, then drained and rinsed well
  • 2 celery stalks, diced
  • 2 carrots, diced
  • 1 swede, diced
  • 1 sweet potato, diced
  • 1 parsnip, diced
  • ¼ head of cabbage, finely sliced
  • ¼ head of broccoli, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • Nutritional yeast to serve

Directions

Step 1

In a large stock pot over medium heat fry in olive oil the onion, garlic, celery and carrot for 3-4 mins.

Step 2

Add tomato paste and cook for 1 minute. Add tinned tomatoes, stock, soup mix, swede, sweet potato and parsnip. Lower temp to medium low and cook for 45 minutes - 1 hour or until soup mix is cooked.

Step 3

Add cabbage, broccoli and cook for ten mins until tender. Add lemon juice and season to taste.

Step 4

Serve piping hot with nutritional yeast sprinkled on top.

*Soup mix can be found near dry lentil and beans in supermarket

*Soup mix can be found near dry lentil and beans in supermarket