Healthy Vegetarian Recipes - Bean and Pasta Soup

Serves 4

Ingredients

2 onions

3 garlic cloves

3 celery sticks

2 carrots

400g can mixed beans

A handful of fresh parsley

Low calorie cooking spray

400g can chopped tomatoes

852ml stock made with chicken Bovril

57g Soup Pasta

Salt and Freshly ground black pepper

Method

1. Peel and finely chop the onions. Peel and crush the garlic. Cut the celery into 1cm lengths. Dice the carrots. Drain and rinse the mixed beans. Chop the parsley.

2. Heat a large pan sprayed with low calorie cooking spray. Add the onions, garlic, celery, carrots, tomatoes and stock. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes.

3. Stir in the pasta and cook for a further 8-10 minutes or until al dente. Add the beans and heat through.

4. Sprinkle over the parsley and season. Serve immediately.

Healthy Vegetarian Recipes - Lentil and Spinach Dahl

Serves 4

Ingredients

2 onions

4 garlic cloves

2 red peppers

1cm piece root ginger

283g butternut squash

A handful of fresh coriander

Low calorie cooking spray

1 tbsp cumin seeds

1 tbsp yellow mustard seeds

2 tbsp mild curry powder

170g yellow split lentils

57g baby leaf spinach

Salt and Freshly ground black pepper

Method

1. Peel and chop the onions and garlic. Deseed and roughly chop the peppers. Grate the ginger. Peel the butternut squash and cut into bite sized pieces. Roughly chop the coriander.

2. Heat a pan with low calorie cooking spray. Add the onions and fry for 1-2 minutes. Reduce the heat, add garlic, ginger, cumin seeds, mustard seeds and curry powder and cook for a further 1-2 minutes. Add the lentils and 568ml water. Bring to the boil, then add the peppers, butternut squash and spinach. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

3. Season well, remove from the heat and serve with boiled rice, garnished with coriander