Summer Minestrone – The Source Bulk Foods

Ingredients

• 2 Tbps. olive oil
• ¼ tsp. black pepper, fresh cracked
• ½ tsp. sea salt
• 1 medium leek
• 1 celery stick, finely chopped
• 3 large garlic cloves, very finely chopped
• 200g / 1 cup gourmet grain & rice mix
• 1.5L high-quality vegetable stock
• 2 medium courgettes, cut lengthways and into half rounds
• 150g baby broad beans or green peas, frozen
• 100g asparagus, chopped into 3cm lengths
• 30g fresh basil
• Zest of 1 lemon
• Juice of a half lemon
• 1 Tbsp. nutritional yeast, optional