How to make comforting pasta, chickpea & spinach soup 🥣 | Everyday Food | ABC Australia

pasta

🥗Healthier: whole grain pasta

💰Cheaper: rice

Whole grain pasta adds fiber, while rice is often less expensive.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated cheese

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and adds a cheesy flavor.

In a large pot that you have a lid for, warm the olive oil over a low-medium heat.

Gently fry the onion, celery and garlic with a pinch of salt for 10 minutes or until soft and just beginning to colour.

Pour in the tomatoes and break them with the back of a wooden spoon.

Add the stock, 1 litre of water and bay leaves and increase the heat to medium.

Pop the lid half on the pot and simmer for 20 minutes until slightly reduced.

Add in the chickpeas and simmer for another 10 minutes.

Stir in the pasta and cook for a few minutes shorter than it recommends on the packet.

Now add in the spinach and continue to simmer for a minute longer.

Check for seasoning and ladle into bowls.

Top with parsley, lemon juice, chilli flakes, grated parmesan and a good drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.

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