Green Minestrone Soup 🫛

I’m sure you’ve had minestrone soup before but have you ever had green minestrone? Bc it is my favourite soup ever, ever.

Apologies in advance for being a terrible food blogger, I don’t know what I’m doing or how to use Substack. But I am trying. My recipes are up for interpretation so follow exactly or tweak as you want or need!

But ANYWAYS, I’m sure you’ve had minestrone soup before, but have you ever had green minestrone? Bc it is my favourite soup ever, ever.

Minestrone is traditionally made with a tomato base but I like to make mine using a ton of green vegetables and it’s veryyyy quick and easy and doesn’t require long cooking times so everything stays fresh and vibrant and has a bite instead of being soft and mushy.

Ingredients:

(you can really use anything you want but today I used)

• Olive oil

• 1 medium onion

• 2 celery stalks

• 2 small leeks

• 1500ml stock of choice (I used 2 x chicken and veg cubes)

• Bay leaf

• Half a cup of peas (frozen but thawed)

• 1 can beans of choice, drained (I use flageolet)

• 2 cups pasta, cooked a few minutes under al dente

• 2 lemons, juiced

• 1 cup spinach

• 1 cup basil

• Parm or pecorino cheese

• Chilli flakes

Let’s go girls:

1. Set two pots of water to boil while you chop onions, celery, leeks into bite sized pieces.

2. Add olive oil to a large pot and heat over medium, add your onions and cook for 5 minutes.

3. Add celery and leek, cook for 10-15 mins until softened.

4. Meanwhile, cook your pasta about half the time suggested and drain.

5. Add your spinach and basil to your other pot of boiling water for 1 minute, drain and add to an ice bath (water & ice)

6. Add your stock and bay leaf.

7. Once almost boiling, add peas and beans, salt and pepper. Add half of your lemon juice - taste, and add more to your liking (I use all bc I like it lemon-y).

8. Add your very al dente pasta (you could cook your pasta in the soup but I prefer not to).

9. Blend your spinach and basil with 1/4 cup of water.

10. Add to soup and season to taste one last time.

11. Serve topped with an olive oil drizzle drizzle, your grated cheese, and some chilli flakes!