Healthier Minestrone
Recipe: #35161
June 28, 2020
"From our Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times."
Original is 4 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (633.3 g)
- Calories 565.5
- Total Fat - 19.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 5 g
- Cholesterol - 93.8 mg
- Sodium - 851.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 51.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 10.7 g
- Sugars - 11.1 g
- Protein - 48.7 g
- Calcium - 130.5 mg
- Iron - 5.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 80.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Heat half the oil in a stockpot over medium heat and add the bacon, potato, leek, onion and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until soft and golden.
Step 2
Add the zucchini and remaining oi and cook for a further 5 minutes or until light golden
Step 3
Add the stock and cook for 5 minutes or until the potatoes are tender and then add the borlotti beans and chickpeas and stir in the lemon juice to taste and cook for a further 1-2 minutes to warm through.
Step 4
Seaso and then ladle the minestrone among serving bowls and drizzle over extra oil and top with parmesan and celery or parsley leaves to serve.
Tips
- If you have it, use a collagen-rich homemade chicken bone broth to make this extra nourishing and to help support gut and skin health.
- Use unrefined virgin oils, such as extra virgin olive oil, for cooking as the natural goodness is retained.
0 Reviews
You'll Also Love
