📋 Easy Butter Bean Soup
This easy butter bean soup recipe is a delicious tomato based soup packed with vegetables that's both thick and filling!
Servings 4
Calories 185kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- Low calorie cooking oil spray or 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 2 large carrots peeled and sliced
- 90 g frozen peas
- 1 tablespoon tomato puree
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
- 400 g tin butter beans drained and rinsed
- 500 ml vegetable stock
- A palm full of basil leaves
- Freshly Ground Salt and Black Pepper
Instructions
- Spray the bottom of a large saucepan, about 5 times, with the low cal olive oil spray Turn on a high heat under the pot and wait until the oil bubbles, then turn down to a low heat or you could also use 1 tbsp. olive oil.
- Sauté onion until soft about 5 minutes then stir in the garlic and sauté for a further 2-3 minutes.
- Add the carrots and frozen peas stir around for about 1 minute.
- Stir in the tomato puree and paprika and stir around for about 1 minute.
- Add the tin of tomatoes, drained butter beans and vegetable stock.
- Bring the mixture to the boil and then turn down the heat to a simmer for approximately 10 minutes.
- Season to taste and garnish with some of the torn basil leaves.
Nutrition
Calories: 185kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 667mg | Potassium: 924mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 5916IU | Vitamin C: 23mg | Calcium: 75mg | Iron: 4mg