Spicy Tomato Pasta Soup

INGREDIENTS

• Vegetable oil for frying
• Ingredients for the base of the soup.
• 1 Pint of vegetable stock
• 2 tsp Marmite (If you like it!)
• 400g chopped tinned tomatoes
• 1 tbsp of tomato puree
• 1 medium onion diced
• 1 large carrot sliced roughly
• Mixed herbs to taste
• 1/2 tsp chilli powder (or to taste)
• White pepper to taste
• To make Vegetable Pasta Soup:
• Fresh Celery 1 1/2 stalks, sliced roughly
• 1/4 cup frozen sweetcorn
• 1/4 cup frozen peas
• 1/4 orange bell pepper chopped into chunks
• Any other vegetable which you may need to use up!
• To make bean and pasta soup use:
• 200g butterbeans drained
• 200g red kidney beans drained