Catríona Redmond: This classic minestrone recipe is a whole meal in itself

"Your instinct may be to pair soup with a few slices of crusty bread or a roll but there is plenty there to keep an adult filled for several hours."

Minestrone: plenty of vegetables, along with beans for protein and pasta for carbohydrates. 

Just as “no” is a full sentence, soup can be a full meal. 

This week’s recipe is a wholesome minestrone soup (along the lines of Aishling Moore's mussel version last week!) which has plenty of vegetables, along with beans for protein and pasta for carbohydrates.