Nourishing Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• 2 TBSP olive oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 small–medium potatoes, peeled and diced
• 1 small or ½ large carrot diced
• 1 stick celery, diced plus a few celery leaves, chopped
• 1 small zucchini, diced
• ½ head of cauliflower, cut into small florets
• 2 TBSP pearl barley
• 2 cloves garlic, bashed and chopped
• 1 tin peeled chopped tomatoes
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1 1/2 litres stock (made from bouillon vegetable stock powder or not-chicken stock)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 heaped TBSP tomato paste
• 1 x 400 g tin legumes or pulses (brown lentils, borlotti beans, 4-bean mix), rinsed and drained (or 400 g pre-cooked legumes)
• 2-3 kale or silverbeet leaves, roughly chopped
• 1 tsp Extremely Alive Elevate (Happy & Horny) Wellness Shot
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper