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Italian style butter beans and cabbage soup

One of the easiest vegan soups is an Italian-style vegetable soup, served with gremolata. This Italian-style butter beans and cabbage soup is a good example - it's super yummy, healthy and ready in just 15 minutes.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 15 minutes
Cuisine: Italian
Calories: 1234
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 carrot
  • 1 onion
  • 750 mL vegetable stock
  • 2 cups of shredded cabbage or kale
  • 100 g green beans
  • 1 tin of butter beans drained
  • 2 Tbsp chopped parsley
  • 1 clove of garlic minced
  • Juice and grated zest of half a lemon

Method
 

  1. Finely chop the onion. Cut the carrot into chunks.
  2. Heat the oil in a saucepan and gently sauté the onion for 5 minutes, then add the carrot and stir for a minute.
  3. Add the stock, bring to the boil then simmer for 5 minutes.
  4. Add both beans and the cabbage, bring to the boil again and simmer for 5 minutes, until the greens are tender.
  5. Meanwhile, mix the gremolata: the chopped parsley, minced garlic, lemon juice and zest.
  6. When the soup is ready, turn off the heat and mix in the gremolata.