All-in-one chunky winter broth

All-in-one chunky winter broth

A wholesome broth that takes just 20 minutes to warm you up in winter

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Freezable

Low-fat

Method

  1. Tip the canned tomatoes into a saucepan along with the stock, bring to the boil, then turn down the heat and throw in the carrots. Gently simmer the soup until the carrots are cooked, about 15 minutes.
  2. Stir in the pulses and spinach and heat until the spinach has wilted. Spoon in the pesto and gently mix into the soup. Serve with some crusty bread.

Per serving

219 kcalories, protein 16g, carbohydrate 34g, fat 3 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 12g, salt 3.61 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2004.

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  • 06 November 2007

    Vicky rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Loved this recipe, ideal for winter packed lunches for my husband, also great substituting spinach with shredded savoy cabbage.

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  • 10 November 2007

    Andrea rated this recipe

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  • 28 December 2007

    Kerrieliz rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Inexpensive, easy and delicious. We added a small pinch of chilli flakes for a bit of a kick. Fended off the winter germs!

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  • 17 January 2008

    karinaya rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    The whole family loves this recipe, it's really tasty and healthy too :o) sometimes I add some sausage to make it a meaty dish but the best thing i have found is to get italian mixed beans (do not drain and rinse!!)and chopped tomatoes with herbs both from teco and both add stunning flavour to this dish. Hope you enjoy it as much as me and my family do

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  • 26 March 2008

    mark commented on this recipe

    It dosn't taste as good as it sounds. you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what tomatoes and carrots taste like ! Not very mmmm

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  • 27 June 2008

    PoshPaws commented on this recipe

    Having had this for dinner tonight, I can understand Mark's comments. However, I did a bit of tweaking and it turned out extremely well. First of all, I assembled the whole thing in the slow cooker and left it for about 5 hours, so there's your first difference. Secondly, I included two large Cumberland sausages that I'd pan-fried to reduce the fat loading and to brown them. The flavours weren't really gelling together, so to encourage them, I added a few shots of Worcester Sauce and some tomato ketchup which did the trick. Oh, and two green chillis - chopped and de-seeded. Definitely a do-again!

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  • 27 June 2008

    PoshPaws rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Oops, forgot to rate it. I'd have given it more, if I hadn't have had to tweak it so in order to make it palatable.

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  • 29 July 2008

    marlene commented on this recipe

    I thought this needed something extra so I aded some small pasta shells to it which made a big difference and after reading PoshPaws comments I am going to grill some sausages and add them the whats left.

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  • 17 November 2008

    twotache rated this recipe

    4 stars

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  • 27 November 2008

    Teletubbies1 commented on this recipe

    A masterpiece! far nicer than we expected and very filling

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  • 10 February 2009

    hmelliot rated this recipe

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  • 03 December 2009

    auntynicky rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    The limitations of my local shops and cookware meant that I used only 600g of mixed beans and 2 pints of veg stock - I couldn't physically get any more stock in my largest pan, and it's just as well or it would have been quite watery! I also used sundried red tomato pesto (and popped in three teaspoonfuls - I like pesto), and probably had the soup on on the hob a good 10 mins longer than noted. I did enjoy this however, but will definitely try out adding sausages next time!

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  • 18 March 2010

    teapot rated this recipe

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  • 16 December 2010

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Not bad - though a little bland and made better by a little chilli.

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  • 13 October 2011

    Lee-anne rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Firstly, I amended the recipe by adding 2 leeks as I had them lying around... Secondly, i used tomato and chilli pesto instead of roasted red pepper, no particular reason, just fancied it!... Thirdly, I used 1 litre of veg stock and found it still has a fairly watery consistency, so I'm REALLY glad I didn't use two litres, that would have been ridiculous!... On the whole, an ok recipe and nice idea to add the pesto for flavour, but certainly not one of the better ones on here.

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  • 26 October 2011

    cupcakefairy rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Loved this recipe. I added lentils and chopped quorn sausages to thicken it up as before the consistency was too watery and also chilli flakes to give it a bit of a kick. It makes a perfect filling lunch for work and I got 6 good sized tupperware's out of this recipe. Will definitely be making it again once I finally eat it all!

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  • 31 October 2011

    superfoods rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    I agree with the above comments 2litres/3½ pints vegetable stock made it far too watery and very bland. It wouldn't reduce down even though I cooked it longer, and it was just like hot water with carrots floating in it. I also didn't add as many stock cubes as required for the stock as I thought it would be far too salty. Its a shame because it looks lovely in the photo, and not watery at all.

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  • 07 November 2011

    emmalouise9 rated this recipe

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  • 06 December 2011

    kirst commented on this recipe

    This ended up being really tasty but I had to make quite a few changes. I only used about 2 pints of stock, added a handful of lentils, chilli flakes, a teaspoon of cumin and some sugar to sweeten the tomatoes. It also needed quite a bit longer to cook than 20 minutes because of the carrots.

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  • 06 December 2011

    kirst rated this recipe

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Freezable

Low-fat

Ingredients

  • 2 x 400g/14oz cans chopped tomatoes
  • 2litres/3½ pints vegetable stock
  • 4 carrots , peeled and sliced
  • 2 x 420g/15oz cans mixed beans , drained and rinsed
  • 175g spinach
  • 1 tbsp roasted red pepper pesto
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Per serving

219 kcalories, protein 16g, carbohydrate 34g, fat 3 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 12g, salt 3.61 g

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