Mrs Reid’s Minestrone Soup

Ingredients
2 tablespoons of olive oil
2 carrots, chopped
2 onions, chopped
2 sticks of celery, chopped
1 ½ - 2 tins of chopped tomatoes
1 teaspoon of oregano
3 chicken stock cubes mixed with about 1 ½ - 2 pints of boiling water
handful of small pasta shapes (or some spaghetti broken into pieces)
Some shredded cabbage

Method

Put the olive oil into a large pot and heat.

Add the carrots, celery and onions and cook for about 5 minutes, until slightly soft.

Add the tomatoes and the oregano and mix.

Now add the chicken stock and cook for about 45 minutes on a medium heat.

Now add the pasta and the shredded cabbage and cook for a further 15 minutes. Serve with crusty bread.