Winter Soup

Submitted by Sarah from new york city

"A thick vegetable soup which is a delicious meal in itself. Serve the soup with thin shavings of Parmesan and warm ciabatta bread."

Ingredients:
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion thinly sliced
2 zucchini, chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
14 oz. can chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 bay leaf
3 3/4 cups vegetable stock
14 oz. can garbanzo beans
8 oz spinach
1 oz Parmesan cheese, thinly shaved
salt and pepper
crusty bread, to serve

Directions:
1.Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Add the sliced onions and zucchini and cook over a medium heat, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes.

2. Add the garlic, shopped tomatoes, tomato paste, bay leaf, vegetable stock, and garbanzo beans. Bring to boil, lower the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.

3. Shred the spinach finely, add to the soup and boil for 2 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

4. Remove the bay leaf. Pour into a soup tureen and sprinkle over the Parmesan. Serve with crusty bread.

Groups:
Dinner, Lunch, Easy, Soup

Preparation Time:
10 mins.

Cooking Time:
20 mins.

Servings:
4