Food Fairy #1

Image thanks to quilizars

On the earlier posts I briefly mentioned about making home made soups and food which are cheap and last for ages, well, here is a recipe for you to try - Minestrone Soup! This recipe makes 2-3 servings and takes around 20 minutes to make from scratch. Taken from here and slightly modified to suit less people.

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Ingredients:

1 cup of chopped onion
2 1/2 garlic cloves minced
1/2 celery stick, diced
1/2 carrot stick, diced
1 medium pepper, diced
1 cup of water
1 cup of chicken broth (oxo cube possibly)
1 14 oz of tomato puree (approx 200 g)
1 cup of pasta, rice or barley
1/2 tbs oregano
black pepper to taste
1/2 tbs basil
1 tbs salt

Equipment you will need:

Large Soup Pot or Dutch oven with Cover
Chopping Board

Knife

Wooden Spoon
Vegetable Peeler

Measuring Cups and Spoons



Directions:

1. In your soup pot, heat the oil and add onions, garlic and salt. Saute for about 5 minutes.

2. Add the celery, carrot, basil, pepper and oregano. Cover the soup and simmer on a low heat for around 10 mins.

3. Add pepper, chicken broth, water and tomato puree. Cover and simmer for a further 15 mins.

4. Add pasta and bring to the boil. Simmer until the pasta is tenter and serve immedietely.


See how easy it is? Look out for more recipes as I try them!