Felicity's Vegetable Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 (810 g) cans crushed tomatoes
• 100 g tomato paste
• 6 carrots
• 3 onions
• 1 head celery
• 1 small turnip
• 1/4 cabbage
• 2 cups green beans, trimmed
• 3 large broccoli florets, including stems
• 3 zucchini
• 2 tablespoons vegetable stock powder (optional, to taste)
• herbs or spices, to taste. i used cumin, oregano and freshly ground black pepper
• salt, if used, at the very end (optional)
• 2 (420 g) cans borlotti beans, rinsed
• 2 cups baby spinach leaves
• water (to cover, 8cups approx)

Recipe

• 1 using a food processor (or knife) chop all vegetables into pieces, i tend to shred so that everything is in small pieces but it's a personal thing.
• 2 put everything in a very large stock pot except for salt, borlotti beans and spinach.
• 3 cover with water and bring to a simmer.
• 4 cook till just tender, about 30-40mins for me.
• 5 taste & season to your liking.
• 6 add borlotti beans and spinach, and heat through until spinach wilts and beans are warm.
• 7 serve piping hot, and cool the remainder for freezer storage so soup is on hand at any time of the day or night.