Tom's Minestrone Soup - Veg Power

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 2 onions, diced
• 3 carrots, peeled and diced
• 2 small sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
• 3 leeks, well washed, halved lengthways and chopped
• 4 celery sticks
• 8 garlic cloves, sliced
• 2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes
• 2 litres vegetable stock
• 4 sprigs of rosemary, leaves picked, finely chopped
• 1 tsp dried Italian mixed herbs
• 200g dried wholemeal spiral pasta
• 200g green beans, trimmed and cut into 3cm lengths
• 100g greens (cavolo nero, cabbage, spinach)
• 400g tin borlotti beans, drained
• 2 handfuls of basil leaves, finely chopped
• 4 tbsp sun-dried tomato pesto
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper