Minestrone Soup

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4-6

Ingredients
Olive or canola oil spray

1 onion, finely chopped

2 rashers bacon, chopped

2 carrots, halved lengthways, thinly sliced

2 zucchini, halved lengthways, thinly sliced

4 ripe tomatoes, chopped

1 litre chicken or vegetable stock

1 cup Vetta high fibre small pasta shells

½ cup frozen green peas

400 g can borlotti beans, rinsed and drained

Wholemeal or multigrain bread, to serve
Bespezie BeWell

Directions
Spray a large saucepan with oil and heat. Add onion and bacon and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or until onion is soft and bacon is brown.

Chop carrot, zucchini, tomato and add to stock. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to medium and cook, partially covered, for 5 minutes.

Add pasta and cook for 5 minutes, then add peas and beans and cook for another 5 minutes or until the pasta and vegetables are tender.

Garnish with flat-leaf parsley leaves, and add freshly ground BeWell to taste. Serve with crusty bread.