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Minestrone Soup

November 27, 2017 By Patricia 8 Comments

Minestrone Soup is just what I need to start the week with a healthy and hearty dish. You’ll love the ingredients, which can be customized with your favorites, and how easy this is to make, too.

Minestrone Soup is a delightful dish filled with veggies and flavor. Minestrone soup is such an easy dish to make. You'll love it!

After a weekend of indulging in holiday food, nothing sounded better to me than another piece of pie a big bowl of hearty, healthy soup. Minestrone soup quickly came to mind.

This soup is a great way to start off the new week with a healthy dish, and if you have any leftover veggies that didn’t get used for your stuffing and side dishes last week (think onion, carrots, celery, green beans), you’ll be able to toss them in.

Minestrone Soup is filled with veggies, beans, and pasta. You'll love minestrone soup as a tasty meatless dish.

Minestrone Soup for the Win!

We ate minestrone soup often growing up. It’s a great dish to take the chill out of a cold night, and it’s definitely filling and flavorful. Why not serve it for your Meatless Monday meal (with leftovers for during the week, too)?

Minestrone soup is a favorite and popular Italian dish you’ve probably had or seen on the menu of an Italian restaurant. This soup the type of dish that goes far back in Italian cooking, with rustic, rural roots (think “peasant food”) that included making use of whatever was on hand to cook with.

Minestrone Soup is a colorful soup that's so easy to make. You'll love minestrone soup for its wonderful flavor and all its tasty ingredients.

This soup traditionally includes beans and pasta, and you can pretty much add whatever you’d like as far as veggies are concerned. I used some basics — onions, carrots, celery, green beans, and tomatoes, and also added cannellini beans and small pasta shells. If you don’t have shells, you can use just about any small-sized pasta.

Minestrone Soup is a delightful and comforting soup for any night of the week! Minestrone soup is colorful, filling, and easy to make, too!

Are you a fan of flavorful soups? I have a few other recipes you may enjoy! My Split Pea Soup with Parmesan-Thyme Crisps is a classic, with the added fun of a cheesy, crispy, topping.

Vegetable Noodle Soup with Greens is another that’s perfect for Meatless Monday, and delicious any night of the week (and comforting when you have a cold).

And talk about color! You may want to try this vibrant and flavorful Corn and Sweet Potato Chowder with Saffron Cream to your menu sometime soon! 

Minestrone soup is super filling and delicious. You'll love minestrone soup when you want a filling and flavorful dish.

I know it’s hard coming back from a holiday week filled with indulgent and delicious foods. Minestrone Soup makes it easy to get back into the swing of things!

Enjoy this tasty and easy-to-make soup this week with a slice of rustic Italian bread. You’ll be glad you did!

Minestrone soup is a delightful dish you'll love to fill up on. Minestrone soup is a vegetarian dish that is so delicious and easy to make.

Nutrition

Calories

1060 cal

Fat

32 g

Carbs

175 g

Protein

26 g
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Yields Serves 6

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Ingredients

  • 4 cups vegetable broth
  • 3 cups water
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3/4 of a medium-sized white onion, diced
  • 2 celery stalks, diced
  • 1 large carrot, diced
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 (12-ounce can) diced tomatoes in juice
  • 2 cups green beans, trimmed and cut into small pieces
  • 1 (14-ounce can) cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
  • 3/4 cup mini pasta shells (or small elbow pasta)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 2-3 teaspoons fresh parsley leaves
  • Parmesan cheese for garnish

Instructions

  1. Add a large pot or Dutch oven to the stovetop over medium heat. Add the oil. When hot, add the onion, celery, and carrot. Cook for 4-5 minutes or until the vegetables begin to soften.
  2. Add the garlic. Stir and cook for 30 seconds. Add the tomato paste and tomatoes and stir to combine and break down the tomato paste.
  3. Add the vegetable broth and water. Add the green beans, cannellini beans, salt, black pepper, oregano, and red pepper.
  4. Bring the mixture to a simmer for 10-15 minutes. Add the pasta to the mixture, and stir to combine. Cook for another 5-8 minutes, or until the pasta is soft.
  5. Remove from the heat and add the parsley.
  6. Serve hot garnished with Parmesan cheese.
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Comments

  1. Lily says

    November 27, 2017 at 5:13 pm

    Yummy! This looks SO good and hearty. Perfect for cool nights! xo, Lily Beauty With Lily
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    • Patricia says

      January 15, 2018 at 7:46 pm

      Oh, for sure! Thanks so much, Lily!
      Reply
  2. Lauren says

    November 27, 2017 at 8:19 pm

    Yum!!! I've been craving minestrone soup. It was so cold and raw today, this would have been the perfect thing!
    Reply
    • Patricia says

      January 15, 2018 at 7:46 pm

      Ugh! It's perfect for those cold days, for sure! Thanks, Lauren!
      Reply
  3. Victoria says

    November 28, 2017 at 12:19 pm

    Excellent! I have so much leftover celery and carrots; this will be the perfect way to use them up. Thanks for sharing! :)
    Reply
    • Patricia says

      January 15, 2018 at 7:45 pm

      Oh, for sure! Thanks so much, Victoria!
      Reply
  4. Aarika says

    November 28, 2017 at 9:25 pm

    Your pictures are gorgeous!! May I ask what you shoot with? I am drooling over this delicious minestrone soup. I'm going to make some this week. Thank you!
    Reply
    • Patricia says

      January 6, 2018 at 2:48 am

      Thanks so much, Aarika! My camera is a Cannon Rebel EOS. It's a really basic version :) Hope you like the soup!
      Reply

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Growing up surrounded by my Italian family it was always, "grab a plate" whenever anyone came to visit. Food was always a celebration, even everyday meals, and I like it that way. I try to make each meal memorable with my recipes for mainly meatless, mostly healthy, and easy-to-make dishes (with sweet treats in between).

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