Italian vegetable soup

Italian vegetable soup

Warm up your week with this good-for-you vegetable soup that's easy to freeze ahead

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 55 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian, Low-fat, Super healthy

Method

  1. Gently cook the onion, carrots and celery in the oil in a large saucepan for 20 mins, until soft. Splash in water if they stick. Add the sugar, garlic, purée, herbs and courgettes and cook for 4-5 mins on a medium heat until they brown a little.
  2. Pour in the beans, tomatoes and stock, then simmer for 20 mins. If you're freezing it, cool and do so now (freeze for up to three months). If not, add half the Parmesan and the pasta and simmer for 6-8 mins until pasta cooked. Sprinkle with basil and remaining Parmesan to serve. If frozen, defrost then re-heat before adding pasta and cheese and continuing as above.

PER SERVING

215 kcalories, protein 11g, carbohydrate 30g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 5g, sugar 12g, salt 1.06 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2011.

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  • 2011-01-19 20:13:44.49571

    David commented on this recipe

    This is not leek,potatoe and bacon soup - link malfunction

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  • 2011-01-19 21:06:40.802276

    Sagramour commented on this recipe

    Doesn't look too much like lee, potato and bacon to me either!

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  • 2011-01-19 21:30:22.545208

    Lulubee commented on this recipe

    You have no imagination! ;)

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  • 2011-01-19 22:10:10.142501

    lee kerly rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    yes i used confit garlic and i chargrilled the cougettes to add extra flavour, and added a mixed of basil and fresh oregano, made my own puree and concassed and diced tomatoes.

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  • 2011-01-19 22:22:23.262636

    Ritafyvie commented on this recipe

    I feel I would need to change the ingredients somewhat to make leek, bacon and potato soup!!

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  • 2011-01-19 23:23:41.114603

    Annie commented on this recipe

    I feel the same as Rita! Is there a story behind the disappearing leek, bacon and potato soup!!!

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  • 2011-01-19 23:24:55.034591

    Annie commented on this recipe

    I am afraid I couldn't even find the list of ingredients, let alone change them!

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  • 2011-01-20 01:19:05.702799

    Cubie commented on this recipe

    I'm seeing what looks like a recipe for a good Italian vegetable soup which I will try this weekend and then rate it.

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  • 2011-01-20 01:21:49.679933

    Cubie commented on this recipe

    Now I understand previous comments as I looked at the recipe for Italian veg soup before I looked at the one for leek bacon and potato soup and realise that it is the wrong recipe/link!

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  • 2011-01-20 11:34:00.218174

    JOOLES rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Thanks for that cubie as i was getting mighty confused by the previous comments. This soup sounds lovely and i will definitely give it a go, i love making home-made soup and am always on the lookout for new recipes.

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  • 2011-01-20 16:57:05.648993

    LisaC1973 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Just made this delicious italian veg soup. Considering there is no extra seasoning, it's sooo delicious!! A nice chunky warming soup just right for this time of year. The only downside to this recipe, is there is a lot of chopping involved and it takes a while to cook... a bit longer than the 45mins stated, I'd say it was closer to an hour. Will def try this again and freeze it.

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  • 2011-01-20 17:35:53.325075

    Keith Irving commented on this recipe

    How can you call this "super-healthy" when it's got two tablespoons of sugar in it? You don't need it - just miss it out, it will be fine.

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  • 2011-01-20 17:39:24.226679

    Red Jenny commented on this recipe

    Oh I see!! It is leek less, bacon less and potato less soup!

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  • 2011-01-20 18:38:12.219039

    JuliusK rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Superbly easy and tasty. The pasta adds a good twist to the original vegetable soup. Definitely worth a try, fills the winter gap.

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  • 2011-01-21 07:21:50.553701

    bungo rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    I made this exactly as the recipe suggests (always do irst time) and was disappointed with both the soggy texture of the veg and the overall amount of stodge - next time, I will consolidate the cooking time and half the amount of pasta. Nice flavour though.

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  • 2011-01-21 12:41:13.295791

    Sazzy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I love this soup! It's a nice change from lentil, and it really fills me up as its not blended, but chunky. Deffo a winner in my books.

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  • 2011-01-21 13:23:40.255921

    Hanka rated this recipe

    5 stars

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    2011-01-21 16:29:11.236043

    Di rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fabulous. The tastiest veg soup I've ever tried.

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  • 2011-01-21 20:33:13.346856

    MamaMoJo rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great soup - I used pumpkin as we did not have any courgettes - delicious. Will make again. 20 month old daughter wolfed this down ... always a bonus

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  • 2011-01-24 11:58:20.038767

    MikeAsp commented on this recipe

    here is a link that does work http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3505/leek-bacon-and-potato-soup

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 55 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian, Low-fat, Super healthy

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215 kcalories, protein 11g, carbohydrate 30g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 5g, sugar 12g, salt 1.06 g

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