{"id":1637,"date":"2019-06-29T12:50:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T02:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melt.kitchen\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2021-07-19T15:54:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T05:54:22","slug":"italian-vegetable-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melt.kitchen\/italian-vegetable-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Vegetable Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Ciambotta<\/em> is one of my favourite Italian soups, a delicious stew which encourages the cook to include whatever you’ve got on hand. I’ve taken this soup a step further with a couple of fast-tracked ingredients so that the prep for this can be sorted quicker than you can choose your next Netflix series. Ready set go right?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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And if you happen to be a speed guru at choosing your next Netflix episode, this quick-to-assemble soup will then soothingly encourage you to pour a glass of vino, take a big whiff of the enticing kitchen aromas and let your heartbeat settle down to a slow and cruisy style. I was tempted to name this Timeout Zuppa, as the Nonnas must have known about the calming effects of this cooking style centuries ago. Go with it and it will subtly guide you to slow down, relax and return to that sweet spot of simple mindfulness. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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You’re likely to be happily distracted by the delicious flavours that come together in this bowl of goodness. However it’s also good to know that this soup includes some of the key phytonutrients and compounds that we’re looking for to really up-level our health and wellbeing. Dark leafy greens for our gut-brain axis, a variety of coloured vegetables for a wealth of vitamins and minerals, collagen for our digestive tract, prebiotics to feed our good microbiome and so the list goes on. This is good food people!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A meal that feeds the bod as well as the soul – just how we like to roll.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Italian Vegetable Soup<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Ingredients<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Extra Virgin Olive Oil 3 tablespoons<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

2 brown onions, cut\r\ninto large dice<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

2 stalks celery,\r\nfinely sliced<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

2 carrots, cut into\r\nlarge dice<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

2 bay leaves<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

sea salt and freshly\r\nground black pepper, to taste<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

10 cherry tomatoes,\r\nhalved<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

1 red capsicum,\r\nroughly chopped<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

1 bunch cavolo nero,\r\nleaves only, cut into medium slices<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

4 heaped teaspoons\r\ngrass-fed bone broth or stock concentrate <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

1 litre water,\r\nheated<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

4 thyme sprigs,\r\nleaves only<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00bd teaspoon chilli\r\nflakes<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

1 can kidney or cannellini beans, rinsed and drained<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Method<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n