Soup with White Beans, Tomatoes and Greens 

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This soup uses dried and canned organic ingredients with some optional added greens and cheese too if you like. Some good cheddar or Old Winchester or Laganory, a raw cow’s milk cheese with a salty, nutty flavour, would be lovely. Both are good British alternatives to Parmesan Cheeses. 

Enough for 4 – 6

2 x 400g cans organic cannellini beans

2 x 400g cans organic chopped tomatoes

400mls cold water

½ tsp dried chilli flakes

½ to 1 tsp dried fennel seeds

2 tsp dried oregano

About 2 tbsp sherry vinegar (or Balsamic or Apple Balsamic vinegar)

Sea salt flakes as you like

Some greens of some sort such as a handful of baby spinach leaves, some peas, fresh or frozen or some fresh seasonal greens or herbs or some green pesto

2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Some of your favourite hard cheese, grated 

• Put the beans from one of the cans into a large pan and mash them to a puree.
• Add the beans from the remaining can along with the tomatoes from both cans, the water, chilli flakes, fennel seeds and oregano and stir together. 
• Set the pan over medium heat and bring to a gentle simmer. 
• Taste the soup and stir in vinegar and sea salt flakes as you like.
• Stir in the greens or fresh herbs and cook for a few minutes as necessary.
• Serve the soup hot with some olive oil and grated cheese.

See also: – Miracle Overnight Bread – Soda Bread –  Beetroot Soup – Cauliflower Soup – Simple Vegetable Soup – Butternut Squash Soup – Carrot and Lentil Soup – Ramsons or Rocket Pesto – Walnut and Parsley Pesto

If you want a healthier and more environmentally friendly diet, a good start would be to cook from scratch, avoid buying ready-processed meals, and so avoid foods with a high sugar and salt content. Have a look at food labels, you will likely be amazed by how much salt and sugar is included and, worse, how many of the ingredients are not recognisable as food.

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