Gut health Vegetarian Desk minestrone with pesto swirl (flask lunch)
The flask minestrone: beans, veg and small pasta built to survive a commute and improve by noon.
Leek & potato soup with chive yogurt
The quiet classic blitzed silky, finished with chive yogurt instead of cream.
Ingredients
Servings 4
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Method
- Step 1
Soften leeks and onion in the oil, 8 minutes, no colour.
- Step 2
Potatoes, stock and bay; simmer 18 minutes.
- Step 3
Bay out; blitz silky.
- Step 4
Chives into the yogurt; spooned over each bowl. Bread alongside.
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Nutrition per serving
| Calories | 250 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 7g |
| Carbohydrates | 36g |
| – of which sugars | 6g |
| Fibre | 5g |
| Fat | 9g |
| – of which saturates | 2g |
| – of which omega-3 | 0.1g |
| Calcium | 110mg |
| Iron | 1.6mg |
| Salt | 0.7g |
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