Super Green Sheet Pan Soup

This super green sheet pan soup is the perfect recipe to make when you need an extra dose of vegetables. It's packed with nutritious ingredients like leeks, zucchini, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes and peas and it's topped with the most delicious pesto grilled cheese croutons. This is an easy 45-minute recipe that everyone will love!

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 large leek, trimmed, washed & cut into 1” pieces
• 1 head garlic
• ½ of a head of cauliflower, chopped into florets
• ½ of a head of broccoli, chopped into florets
• 1 medium-large zucchini, diced
• 2 medium Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and diced
• 1 ½-2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
• ½ tsp black pepper
• 3 cups chicken or vegetable broth
• 1 cup frozen peas
• Juice from 1 large lemon (3 tbsp)
• 2 cups spinach
• 3 tbsp fresh parsley
• Optional: ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

• 1-2 tablespoon butter
• 2 slices of bread (I used sourdough)
• 4 slices pepper jack cheese
• 2 tbsp pesto