Quick Minestrone Soup

Ingredients

• 1.cabbage, large; grated; approximately ¾ head
• 2.2 potatoes, cubed
• 3.2 leeks, sliced; white parts only
• 4.500 gram frozen mixed vegetables, defrosted
• 5.37.5 millilitre vegetable oil
• 6.115 gram tomato paste, small tin
• 7.125 millilitre tomato sauce
• 8.4 stock cubes, Telma brand; chicken or beef flavour
• 9.420 gram butter beans, tinned; undrained
• 10.macaroni, cut; approximately 3 handfuls

Method

1. 1.Sweat the cabbage, the potatoes, the leeks and the defrosted frozen mixed vegetables in the oil.
2. 2.Just cover with boiling water and add the tomato paste, the tomato sauce, the cubes, the butterbeans and its juice and the macaroni.
3. 3.When the macaroni is soft, the soup is ready.
4. 4.Taste, add more stock if needed.

Notes

• A quick, hearty minestrone-style soup using pantry staples. Telma cubes are a South African/Israeli stock cube brand.