Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 cup green beans, cut into 1/2-inch/1 cm pieces
  • 1 potato, peeled and diced
  • 1 cup carrot, diced
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 sprig thyme
  • 1 cup white kidney beans, cooked
  • 1 cup zucchini, diced small
  • 2 medium tomatoes, seeded, and diced
  • pesto sauce, for garnish
  • parmesan cheese, for garnish

Method

  • Heat the oil in a saute pan and gently cook the onion until translucent, about 5 minutes.
  • Add the green beans, potato and carrot dice. Pour over 4 cups/1-litre vegetable water or stock. Season with salt and pepper, add the bay leaf and the thyme. Bring to a boil, and simmer 10 minutes.
  • Add the kidney beans and the zucchini and continue cooking until all the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes longer.
  • Stir through the tomato.
  • Ladle the soup into bowls.
  • (Remove the bay leaf and thyme sprigs).
  • Add a spoonful of pesto to each bowl, and grate over Parmesan cheese.