Provencal Style Vegetable Soup

Here's another great soup for the season, it really is a one pot meal loaded with vegetables and would be a great way to clean out the fridge too :-) It was even more special with the addition of the homegrown green beans. 

Provencal Style Vegetable Soup

Ingredients:

• 2 rashers of bacon
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 2 medium carrots, peeled and  chopped
• 1/2 red onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 medium zucchini, chopped
• 2 tablespoon of orzo
• 8 green beans (mine were from the garden) chopped
• 2 cups of vegetable stock
• one can of chopped tomatoes
• one can of cannelini beans
• salt and pepper to taste 
• handful of frozen broad beans 

Method:

1. cook bacon till crispy remove and cut into small pieces
2. add a dash of olive oil to the bacon fat with garlic and onion and saute for 5 minutes, add bacon back in
3. then add the carrots, zucchini and green beans, and broad beans 
4. add the stock, tomatoes and beans and orzo and simmer for 20 minutes
5. add extra water as desired if it gets too thick
6. enjoy 

It would also work as a vegetarian soup, with a little smoked paprika to replace the flavor of the smoky bacon or pancetta.

home grown green beans 

My wee man is obsessed with cows in books and saying moo, so I tweeted where is the nearest farm with cows and drove to one to show him the cows, can't beat that kind of learning :-) 

Have a great start to the week all 

Hugs 

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