Chunky Minestrone



Serving Size Serves 4

Instructions
1 onion diced
2 cloves galric chopped
1 cup sliced mushrooms
2 zucchini diced
2 cups diced carrot
1 cup diced celery
1/2 cup red lentils
1 litre chicken stock
1 cup peas
1 cup sweet corn kernels
1 x 440g tin (14 oz) crushed tomatoes
1/4 cup freshly chopped herbs (parsely, basil)
Sea salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
Saute onion, garlic and mushrooms in a little water or stock until soft. Add the zucchini, carrot, celery, lentils, stock and tomatoes. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 30 minutes. Add the peas and corn and simmer for a further 5 minutes. Season to taste and fold through freshly chopped herbs just before serving. Spoon into large serving bowls and serve.





By Teresa Cutter < the healthy chef © 2006

RECIPES

Apple and cinnamon fruit crumble

Apple blueberry muffins

Banana and blueberry smoothie

Banana and blueberry stuffed toast

Buckwheat pancakes with banana and blueberries

Chicken and Pineapple coleslaw with coconut lime dressing

Chicken burgers with macadamia nut and lemon

Chocolate cherry brownies

Chunky Minestrone

Delicious and healthy apple and oatmeal muffins

Flourless Chocolate cake

Healthy bacon and egg pie

Healthy Lunch box salads

Home made healthy Oatmeal cookies

Japanese Vegetable pancakes

Lemon and vanilla yoghurt cake

Low carb high protein power pancakes

Macrobiotic brown rice salad

Nourishing Stir fried brown rice and vegetables and chunky pineapple

Organic Banana and blueberry bread

Organic Carrot Cake

Organic Chicken meatloaf

Organic chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies

Organic wholemeal pancakes with ricotta and warm cinnamon pears in maple syrup

Poached chicken and prawn salad with avocado, mango and sweet chilli sauce

Poached chicken with wok tossed snow peas

Poached white fish with lemon scented garden herbs and ratitouille

Prawn filled Rice Paper Rolls with Chilli dipping sauce

Ricotta gnocchi with tomato sauce

Seafood and vegetable soup with lime chilli and coriander

Soothing lemon grass tea

Spinach and ricotta pie

Strawberries and cream sponge cake

Succotash

Summer Berry and red wine trifle

Sweet Melon and lime Martini

Teresa Cutter's healthy flourless orange and cinnamon fruit cake

Teresa Cutter's scrambled eggs

Teresa's Red papaya and Green fruit salad

The healthy sandwich

Tuna Tabouli

Vegetable Patties

Warm salmon Kedgeree