Bean Minestrone

Ingredients

• 40g dry small pasta shapes (100g cooked)
• a third of a tin of cannellini beans, drained
• 1 small carrot, diced
• half a celery stick, diced
• a third of a courgette, diced
• 1 large tomato, chopped
• half a small onion, diced
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 tsp rapeseed oil

Method

1. 1Fry the onion, carrot and celery in the oil for 5 minutes, then add the garlic.
2. 2Add the tomato, courgette and 500ml water and simmer for 10 minutes.
3. 3Add the pasta and beans and cook for 8 minutes more.
4. 4Season with black pepper.

Around £0.93 per serving at supermarket own-brand prices (estimate).