Minestrone soup with chicken recipe

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 carrot, diced
• 50 g celery, diced
• 1 small potato, peeled and diced
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 2 tbsp flour
• 1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes
• 600 ml chicken stock
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tsp caster sugar
• 50 g savoy cabbage, finely chopped
• 40 g cooked chicken, finely diced
• 1 tsp fresh thyme, chopped, or half tsp dried thyme (optional)
• 1 cup freshly grated parmesan (optional)