Pistou Soup

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon oil
1/2 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 leek, thinly sliced
2 tomatoes, chopped
1/2 cup tomato sauce
vegetable stock
salt and black pepper, to taste
2 bay leaves
2 tablespoons parsley flakes
1 teaspoon thyme
1 cup cabbage, shredded
1 carrot, diced
1 celery stick, diced
1 small turnip, peeled and diced
a handful of green beans, cut into 1 inch pieces
1-1/2 cup white beans
1 zucchini, diced
1/4 cup small pasta
1/2 cup pesto sauce

Cook onion, garlic, and leek in the oil and add the tomato, stock, seasonings, cabbage, carrot, celery, turnip, whit beans, and green beans. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes and add the zucchini, pasta, and more stock if needed. Simmer until pasta is al dente. Ladle into bowls and spoon a dollop of pesto into the center.