Chicken and vegetable soup with spinach pesto Recipe - Better Homes & Gardens Australia

Ingredients

• 2 carrots, roughly chopped
• 1 swede, peeled, roughly chopped
• 1 parsnip, peeled, roughly chopped
• 2 stalks celery, sliced
• 1 red onion, diced
• 1 fresh bay leaf
• 6 sprigs thyme
• ¼ cup flat-leaf parsley leaves
• 6 cloves garlic, smashed
• 10 black peppercorns
• 3L water
• 2 skinless chicken breast fillets, diced
• Extra ¼ cup flat-leaf parsley leaves
• SPINACH PESTO
• 50g baby spinach leaves
• ½ cup basil leaves
• 20g parmesan, finely chopped
• ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 Tbsp water
• ¼ clove garlic, crushed
• Sea-salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to season