Vegetable soup with pasta

There's nothing like a warm soup on a cold Winter's day. This vegetable soup is filled with yummy potato, zucchini, celery, carrots and pasta. Puree some if the kids don't like chunky soup!

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil

  • 1 large brown onion

    chopped

  • 2 cloves garlic

    crushed

  • 3 potatoes

    peeled and chopped

  • 2 carrots

    peeled, and chopped

  • 2 celery

    chopped

  • 1 large zucchini

    halved, cut diagonally 1cm thick

  • 1L chicken or vegetable stock

  • ½ cup small pasta

    e.g. little stars

Equipment

  • 1 large saucepan

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, cook for 3 minutes until starting to soften, add garlic and cook 1 minute further.
  2. Add vegetables and stir to coat in that lovely onion/garlic mix.
  3. Stir in stock, bring to the boil, reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes.
  4. Add pasta and cook for a further 10 minutes until vegetables are soft.
  5. Season with salt and pepper if needed.
  6. Serve with crusty bread.

Notes

Tip
Puree a portion of cooked soup for the kids if they aren’t into vegetable chunks.

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