- prep: 0 hr
- cook: 2 hr
- total: 2 hr
Summary
Our Minestra is full of vegetables, pasta and as an option you can also add lentils. A great choice in the Winter months and during the Easter period.
Ingredients
- 2 onions finely diced
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 potato diced
- 2 celery sticks chopped
- 1 kohl rahbi diced or 1 turnip diced
- 1 marrow or courgette chopped
- 1 choko chopped
- 400 grams pumpkin chopped
- Small bunch spinach chopped
- 2 handfuls broad beans (use frozen if fresh is unavailable)
- ¼ cauliflower chopped (use leaves also)
- ¼ cabbage chopped
- 1 vegetable stock cube crushed
- Boiled water to fill pot
- Small bunch parsley chopped
- 100 grams brown lentils (already cooked)
- Olive oil and salt and pepper
- 150 grams small pasta
- Hard cheese to serve (optional)
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 1
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 894 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 18 g 27.97%
- Saturated Fat: 3 g 13.75%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 0 mg 0%
- Sodium: 429 mg 17.87%
- Calcium: 279 mg 27.86%
- Potassium: 3744 mg 106.96%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 11 mg 61.06%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 170 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 23 g 90.52%
- Sugar: 34 g
- Protein: 28 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 2 g
- Vitamin A 691.75%
- Vitamin C 238.5%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat3
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch8
- Exchange - Vegetables9
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total3 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total8 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq