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Meatball & tomato soup

Name: Meatball & tomato soup
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1½ tbsp rapeseed oil; 1 onion finely chopped; 2 red peppers deseeded and sliced; 1 garlic clove crushed; ½ tsp chilli flakes; 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes; 100g giant couscous; 500ml hot vegetable stock; 12 pork meatballs; 150g baby spinach; ½ small bunch of basil; grated parmesan to serve (optional)

Esther Clark

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 15 mins

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Get three of your 5-a-day in one serving with this healthy, low-calorie tomato soup. The addition of meatballs and giant couscous means it's filling, too

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1½ tbsp rapeseed oil
1 onion

finely chopped
2 red peppers

deseeded and sliced
1 garlic clove

crushed
½ tsp chilli flakes
2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
100g giant couscous
500ml hot vegetable stock
12 pork meatballs
150g baby spinach
½ small bunch of basil
grated parmesan

to serve (optional)

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal330

low
fat12g

low
saturates3g
carbs36g
sugars14g
fibre6g
protein17g
salt0.7g

Method

step 1

Heat the oil in a saucepan. Fry the onion and peppers for 7 mins, then stir through the garlic and chilli flakes and cook for 1 min. Add the tomatoes, giant couscous and veg stock and bring to a simmer.
step 2

Season to taste, then add the meatballs and spinach. Simmer for 5-7 mins or until cooked through. Ladle into bowls and top with the basil and some parmesan, if you like.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2020

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