Green Minestrone Soup

Health Highlights

The pesto brings incredible flavour to this soup! Plus you can easily substitute any vegetables you have on hand, that need used up.

Ingredients

1 tbsp	Extra virgin olive oil
4 green onion (stem)	Green onion
2 cup	Baby spinach
1/4 cup	Frozen green peas
1 large	Zucchini (cut into 1 inch pieces)
4 cup	Vegetable stock/broth, gluten-free (or water)
1 cup	Basil, fresh
dash	Salt and pepper (to taste)

Heat the oil in a medium pan and gently sauté the spring onion for a few minutes
Add the kale, peas, zucchini, vegetable stock and boil
Meanwhile put the pesto ingredients into a small food processor or blender to make a rough paste (or you could use a mortar and pestle)
Serve the soup with a heaped teaspoon of pesto and a little drizzle of olive oil

Calories 97

Calories from fat 48

Calories from saturated fat 7.6

Total Fat 5.4 g

Saturated Fat 0.8 g

Trans Fat 0.0 g

Polyunsaturated Fat 0.7 g

Monounsaturated Fat 3.4 g

Cholesterol 0

Sodium 987 mg

Potassium 537 mg

Total Carbohydrate 9.6 g

Dietary Fiber 2.5 g

Sugars 5.3 g

Protein 3.9 g

Meat Alternative	0.1
Vegetables	2.6