Pasta and Bean Soup

8 25 min

Tagged on: Vegan and Vegetarian

6 tbsp olive oil

2 cloves garlic pressed

2 onion chopped

1 tsp chilli powder

4 bay leaf

0.5 tsp dried thyme

800g crushed tomatoes

2 tins kidney bean

2 tins black bean

2.5 litre vegetable stock

500g macaroni *

1-2 tsp salt

to taste ground black pepper

To serve parmesan

Heat the oil in a large pot. Add the garlic and onion and cook, without browning, until the onion is soft and clear. Stir in the chilli, bay leaves and thyme. Cook for one minute longer.

Add the canned tomatoes, beans and stock. Heat until boiling and add the pasta. Allow to boil gently until the pasta is cooked then add salt and black pepper to taste.

* Use any kind of short pasta, eg. spirals or rigatoni.

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