Here's another great soup for the season, it really is a one pot meal loaded with vegetables and would be a great way to clean out the fridge too :-) It was even more special with the addition of the homegrown green beans.
Provencal Style Vegetable Soup
Ingredients:
- 2 rashers of bacon
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 medium carrots, peeled and chopped
- 1/2 red onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 medium zucchini, chopped
- 2 tablespoon of orzo
- 8 green beans (mine were from the garden) chopped
- 2 cups of vegetable stock
- one can of chopped tomatoes
- one can of cannelini beans
- salt and pepper to taste
- handful of frozen broad beans
- cook bacon till crispy remove and cut into small pieces
- add a dash of olive oil to the bacon fat with garlic and onion and saute for 5 minutes, add bacon back in
- then add the carrots, zucchini and green beans, and broad beans
- add the stock, tomatoes and beans and orzo and simmer for 20 minutes
- add extra water as desired if it gets too thick
- enjoy
It would also work as a vegetarian soup, with a little smoked paprika to replace the flavor of the smoky bacon or pancetta.
home grown green beans
My wee man is obsessed with cows in books and saying moo, so I tweeted where is the nearest farm with cows and drove to one to show him the cows, can't beat that kind of learning :-)
Have a great start to the week all
Hugs
