Spring Minestrone Soup

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 6 green onions
• 2 green garlic
• 2 large garlic cloves
• 1 pound baby potatoes or Yukon gold potatoes cut into 1-inch chunks
• 15 ounces diced tomatoes
• 4 cups vegetable stock or chicken stock, use vegetable stock if cooking vegetarian or vegan
• salt
• 1/2 pound artichoke hearts fresh or frozen, chopped roughly
• 15 ounces chickpeas garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 cup peas fresh or frozen
• 1/2 pound asparagus cut into 1-inch chunks
• 2 cups greens dandelion, chard, spinach, kale, arugula, etc, sliced into thin ribbons
• 1/4 cup pesto
• grated Parmesan cheese for garnish, omit for vegan version, optional
• 1 teaspoon black pepper

Nutrition

• Calories : 320 calories
• Carbohydrate : 53 grams
• Cholesterol : 5 milligrams
• Fat : 7 grams
• Fiber : 13 grams
• Protein : 13 grams
• SaturatedFat : 1.5 grams
• Sodium : 1280 milligrams
• Sugar : 9 grams