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Easy Minestrone that Kids Love

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Soup
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 peeled carrot
  • 1 1 small onion
  • 1 1 medium potato
  • 100 g frozen peas
  • 100 g frozen sweetcorn
  • 1 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp tomato purée
  • 1 400 g tin pasta shapes or hoops in tomato sauce

Method
 

  1. Finely dice the pepper, carrot, onion and potato
  2. Gently fry the diced vegetables in a little olive oil until they begin to soften.
  3. Add the tin of tomatoes, purée, peas and sweetcorn, and bring to a simmer. Simmer for around 5 minutes. You can add a teaspoon of Italian dried herbs, or oregano if you like.
  4. Add the canned pasta shapes, and warm through for a minute or two.
  5. Ladle into bowls and be pleased your kids just got at least two of the 5 a day!

Notes

I bulk cook the vegetables then pop spare portions into the freezer in two's. Then all it takes is a few minutes in the microwave, and a smaller can of pasta mixed in at the end, and I have tea for my kids in no time!