Minestrone Soup

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Ingredients

• 160g carrot
• 240g potato
• 160g zucchini
• 1L water
• 2 chicken stock cubes
• 200g tinned tomato
• 80g GF penne or spiral pasta
• 2g dried chives
• 1g dried basil
• 1tbs garlic infused olive oil
• 40g spinach
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Peel and dice carrot and potato into bite sized pieces
2. In a large pot, heat up garlic oil and sautee carrot and potato for 2-3 minutes until the vegetables begin to soften
3. Add in all other ingredients except for the pasta and the spinach
4. Bring pot to a boil and then turn down to simmer until the vegetables are cooked. Approx 15mins
5. Once the vegetables are cooked, add in the pasta and continue to simmer for 5 mins then turn off the heat, add in the spinach and cover the pot with a lid. The pasta will continue to cook with the residual heat.
6. Once pasta is cooked to your liking and the spinach is wilted, serve and enjoy
7. *you may need to add in some more water as the pasta can cause the soup to thicken too much as it cooks*