Vegetarian Minestrone Soup

"High protein low fat and sodium."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
16
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Heat olive oil in pan and add onions, celery, zucchini, carrots until onion is translucent.
  • Add the garlic and cook 1 minute.
  • Add the 4 cups of water and dried spices and bring to boil and simmer for about 10 minutes
  • Add tomatoes and beans and ditalini and simmer for another 10 minutes.
  • Check seasoning and add salt to taste.

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  1. Made this soup this week--delicious--I added some baby spinach, a half a head of green cabbage and used vegetable stock instead of water. EXCELLENT! Bill K.#1440799
     
  2. I was searching for a quick vegetarian soup that would incorporate the food items I had on hand. I particularly liked reading the review that it wasn't what you might call minestrone...because I never cared for minestrone ( esp. in the cans..yuck). This recipe is a keeper! Quick, hearty & with a hunk of cornbread on the side & you've got a pretty good meal. I used regular can diced tomatoes (instead of organic) & small macaroni shells - instead of the ditalini - because their cute & I like them) . Thank you for sharing.
     
  3. This soup is both healthy and delicious, though not quite my idea of authentic minestrone. I added 6 cups of water and a cube of vegetable bouillon, but omitted the salt. Next time I might substitute cannellini beans for the black beans and perhaps some green cabbage. Thanks for sharing a tasty recipe!
     
  4. This was quite good. We had a large lunch today so this 'was' our dinner, paired with crusty bread. My DH (the soup lover) had 3 bowls. The only change I made was to add a teaspoon of (jarred) crushed garlic, which is equal to 2-3 garlic cloves, and an additional 1/2 teaspoon of salt. A keeper that I'll definitely be making again. Thanks for sharing.
     
  5. I thought it was pretty good, but it tasted a lot like the vegetable soup I grew up with, not so much like minestrone soups I've had in restaurants. We didn't add salt due to the high salt content of the canned vegetables, but it definitely needed it, we doubled the basil & oregano, and I cooking the beans 10 minutes made them mushy so I will add them closer to the end, and we completely eliminated the pasta (I don't eat pasta). We had this with garlic bread and it was tasty! Not sure I'll make it again, but if I do, next time I won't add the bay leaf and see if that makes a difference.
     
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  1. I was searching for a quick vegetarian soup that would incorporate the food items I had on hand. I particularly liked reading the review that it wasn't what you might call minestrone...because I never cared for minestrone ( esp. in the cans..yuck). This recipe is a keeper! Quick, hearty and with a hunk of cornbread on the side and you've got a pretty good meal. I used regular can diced tomatoes (instead of organic) and small macaroni shells - instead of the ditalini - because their cute and I like them) . Thank you for sharing.
     
  2. Made this soup this week--delicious--I added some baby spinach, a half a head of green cabbage and used vegetable stock instead of water. EXCELLENT! Bill K.#1440799
     
  3. This soup is both healthy and delicious, though not quite my idea of authentic minestrone. I added 6 cups of water and a cube of vegetable bouillon, but omitted the salt. Next time I might substitute cannellini beans for the black beans and perhaps some green cabbage. Thanks for sharing a tasty recipe!
     

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