Vegetable soup

This is an easy to make soup, rich in vitamin A, Vitamin C and is very healthy. Add some whole wheat pasta to your soup this is a meal in itself. Ingredients:

1 onion peeled and chopped 5 oz brocoli, 4 oz french beans 4 oz tomatoes 6 oz carrots, peeled 4 oz bottle gourd/ italian cucumber 2 stalks celery chopped 1 clove garlic 4 peppercorns 1tsp olive oil 1 tsp balsamic vinegar salt to taste tsp dill leaves, chopped 2 tbsp chopped parsely 3 tbsp grated low fat cottage cheese

Method: Boil 3 cups of water, slice the vegetables, toss them with a little olive oil and add them to the boiling water. add 4 peppercorns. Let it simmer for 5 min till vegetables are just cooked. Add 1 tsp of balsamic vinegar and salt. Simmer for a minuute. Serve hot garnished with chopped dill leaves, parseley and cottage cheese.