Spring vegetable minestrone

Name: Spring vegetable minestrone | Asda Good Living
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 sticks celery, finely chopped; 4 spring onions, trimmed and finely sliced; 2tbsp olive oil; 1 clove garlic, finely chopped; 1 reduced-salt vegetable stock cube; 150g new potatoes or baby potatoes, cut into 2cm chunks; 115g spaghetti, each strand broken into 4 pieces; 100g green beans, trimmed and cut into 2 or 3 pieces; 100g frozen broad beans; 100g frozen peas; 2tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley; 2tbsp Asda Green Pesto

This seasonal spin on the classic Italian soup is bursting with green veg and fragrant herbs

By Asda Good Living,23rd April 2019

(16 votes)

Cook: 35 Mins

Serves: 4

Price: £1.11 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 437g serving contains

Energy
1132kj
271kcal

14%

Fat
10.1g

Med
14%

Saturates
1.7g

Med
9%

Sugars
3.5g

Low
4%

Salt
0.22g

Low
4%

of your 5-a-day

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
259kj/62kcal

Ingredients

2 sticks celery, finely chopped

4 spring onions, trimmed and finely sliced

2tbsp olive oil

1 clove garlic, finely chopped

1 reduced-salt vegetable stock cube

150g new potatoes or baby potatoes, cut into 2cm chunks

115g spaghetti, each strand broken into 4 pieces

100g green beans, trimmed and cut into 2 or 3 pieces

100g frozen broad beans

100g frozen peas

2tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley

2tbsp Asda Green Pesto

Method

In a large pan, cook the celery and spring onions in the olive oil over a low heat for 5-6 mins, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic and cook for 2 mins more.

Crumble in the stock cube, then add 1.3L water and the potatoes. Bring to the boil, then add the spaghetti and simmer fast for 4 mins.

Add the green beans, return to the boil then simmer fast for 4 mins.

Add the broad beans and frozen peas, return to the boil and simmer for another 5 mins.

Stir in the parsley and the pesto, then serve immediately.