Vegetable bean soup recipe
Easy, quick, healthy and inexpensive; this vegetable bean soup for kid ticks all the boxes. We've served this soup with tortilla triangles but you could use soft rolls, crackers or sliced bread instead.
See method- Serves 2
- 5 mins to prepare and 25 mins to cook
- 703 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra to serve
- 1 onion, roughly chopped
- 1 carrot, roughly chopped
- 2 celery sticks, roughly chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 400g tin plum tomatoes
- 75g orzo
- 400g tin cannellini beans, drained
- 1 vegetable stock cube, made up to 600ml
- 2-4 mini wholemeal tortilla wraps
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 2955kJ 703.0kcal
- Fat
- 25g
- Saturates
- 5g
- Salt
- 2.8g
- Sugars
- 19g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 93.4gProtein 23.8gFibre 15.3g
Method
- Heat the oil in a pan and cook the onion, carrot and celery and the garlic for 5 mins until the veg is starting to soften.
- Add the tomatoes, orzo, cannellini beans and stock. Cover and simmer for 20 mins, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is cooked and the tomatoes have reduced.
- Heat the wraps under the grill for a few mins or toast in a pan to heat up and crisp slightly. Slice into triangles and serve with the soup.
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Cooking for children
There are no reference intakes for children and all of these recipes are based on recommendations for an adult woman's portion size. In children of different ages, there is variation in their energy (calorie) requirements and nutrient recommendations. If you are interested in which portion size is best for your child, you can visit the School Food Standards.
As part of a healthy diet, we recommend this recipe for a special occasion or treat.
