Springtime Minestrone - Organic Tuscany Cookbook

Ingredients

• 250g/8 oz dried cannellini beans soaked overnight and cooked (see below)
• 2 cloves garlic
• 3 small tomatoes
• Extravirgin olive oil
• 1 onions
• 2 leeks
• 2 carrots
• 2 sticks celery
• 1/2 savoy cabbage
• 1 or 2 potatoes
• 3 skinned tomatoes (can be canned)
• Other seasonal vegetables (chard, spinach, peas…) a handful of each
• Several sprigs of thyme
• 1 litre/2 pints vegetable stock
• Salt, pepper