Tortellini Minestrone with Spinach

Submitted by Carrie Ann

"This is a nice soup to serve on a nippy fall evening with hot crusty bread or rolls."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh garlic
• 1⁄2 cup chopped onion
• 1⁄2 cup chopped carrot
• 1⁄2 cup chopped celery
• 4 cups vegetable stock
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 1⁄2 cups diced plum tomatoes
• 2 cups chopped fresh spinach
• 2 cups frozen cheese tortellini

directions

1. Heat oil in non-stick pan over medium-high heat.
2. Add garlic, onions, carrots, and celery; cook 4 minutes or until onions are softened.
3. Add stock, basil and pepper.
4. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium and cook 8 minutes or until vegetables are tender crisp.
5. Stir in tomatoes, spinach and tortellini.
6. Cover and cook 5 minutes or until tortellini is heated through and vegetables are tender.
7. Serve immediately.

Reviews

[Miss Annie]

Cooked this easy to make soup for our harvest cook-a-thon. The smell of onion, celery, and garlic is so wonderful that you know that you are going to have a great tasting meal, and we did. This soup is so eash to make, and it is so tasty. I didn't change anything or tweak it in any way, and it was perfect. The colors of the vegetables look lovely, and it was a great additions to our table. Thanks for posting this recipe.

 

[Nancy G.]

Excellent soup! It's super easy to make and it tastes like I was coking all day. I made as posted except use diced canned tomatoes instead of fresh and dried tortellini since I couldn't find frozen. I added about 2 tomato cans of water to the stock since I used more tortellinis than called for. This was so delicious. Thank you for posting!

 

[zelizabeth]

This soup is fantastic! Tastes great, and is simple to make. I had fresh spinach to use up, and everything else on hand. I used chicken stock and added some diced cooked chicken breast left over from Sunday night (not enough for 2 on it's own). Thank you for a wonderful recipe.

 

[hogggit]

Yummy! I added a can of Hunt's spaghetti sauce only cause I thought it should be reddish. But it turned out great. Being the amateur that I am, i added the fresh tortellini in while simmering and of course it turned out a little thick, like stew, but still fantastic,. thanx for sharing.

 

[Patricia Manson]

This was a very substantial soup..very tasty and appealing with the colors of chopped tomatoes, spinach and carrots. Loved the tortellini idea. I used fresh tortellini .. cooked it a little first in another pot then added to the soup. Great with crusty bread. Please note in the title spinach is misspelled and also in the recipe...hope you don't mind me saying so.