Minestrone Soup - From My Mom's Kitchen
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While it seems there are a lot of ingredients, each compliments the other to make an absolutely fabulous and filling one-pot meal. Add some homemade or store bought crusty bread, a cheddar cheese with sliced apples platter and I guarantee you are going straight to a heavenly eating experience!
BONUS: Plan ahead and this recipe can be made and ready to serve in under an hour, with plenty of leftovers for the coming week!
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Mom's Main Dish Minestrone
A soup to make and share with family and friends
- Serves: 18 cups
Ingredients
- 6T butter or margarine
- 3 large carrots; diced sliced or julienne
- 2 medium celery stalks; finely chopped
- 2 medium sweet or yellow onions: course chopped
- 1-2 gloves of garlic; finely diced
- 1 medium head cabbage; thinly sliced
- 1 16 ounce can chopped tomatoes; undrained
- 8 cups of water
- 2 t salt; optional
- 2 t worcestershire
- 1/4 t oregano
- 1/4 t pepper
- 4 medium new or white potatoes; chopped into large chucks
- 4 vegetable bouillon cubes or envelopes
- 2 large zucchinis; cubed
- 2 15 1/4 - 20 ounce cans of kidney beans
- 1 ten ounce frozen chopped spinach; thawed and squeezed dry
- 1/2 cup good-quality grated Parmesan cheese;garnish.
Instructions
In a large soup pot, over medium heat melt margarine/butter, toss in carrots, celery,onions, garlic,and cabbage. Saute until tender; approximately 20 minutes.
Add tomatoes with the liquid and the next eight ingredients, stir and heat until boiling. Reduce to medium-low, cover and simmer 30 minutes.
Add kidney beans and spinach; heat through. Make sure to add a little bit more water if the the soup is too thick; a little at at time until you have the consistency you prefer.
Garnish each bowl with a pinch or two of grated Parmesan.
*See the ideas below for some tasty alternatives and additions.
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Kick Your Minestrone Up a Notch
Some other ingredients you might like to add
Shhh! Don't tell my mom, but I have tried a couple of these ideas for her Minestrone Soup recipe. She does kinda know that I like to tweak original recipes, so she would not be too shocked :O
Try:
♥ 1/2 - 3/4 cup of cooked pasta, such as alphabets, rotini, farfalle, small elbow, orzo or one of your faves
♥ Sauteed mild or hot Italian sausage
♥ Crisp 3 - 4 strips of bacon and toss in just before serving
♥ Fresh kale or spinach
♥ Garbanzo, black, and or pinto beans
♥ Sweet potatoes or turnips
♥ Different spices or seasonings, like cardamom, crushed red peppers, Old Bay Seasoning, fresh basil, or any of your faves
♥ Photo of My Mom ♥
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In my opinion Minestrone Soup is one of the best!
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theguywhoeatsalot says:
sounds good, ill try it!
Posted December 20, 2011
nightbear says:
It is so fantastic on a cold snowy day. And you can do so much with it. Yum!!
Posted March 30, 2011
I actually prefer...
sandyspider says:
Chicken Noodle soup is the best, but minestrone soup comes very close.
Posted March 30, 2011
OhMe says:
sounds great but for some reason I have never really liked Minestrone Soup.
Posted November 06, 2010
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A Little History
Just in case you wanted to know
Minestrone originally was a very humble dish and was intended for everyday consumption, being filling and cheap, and would likely have been the main course of a meal. Minestrone is part of what is known in Italy as cucina povera (literally "poor kitchen") meaning poorer people's cuisine.
Due to its unique origins and the absence of a fixed recipe, minestrone is not particularly similar across Italy: it varies depending on traditional cooking times, ingredients, and season. Minestrone ranges from a thick and dense texture with very boiled-down vegetables, to a more brothy soup with large quantities of diced and lightly-cooked vegetables that may include meats.
Like many Italian dishes, minestrone was probably originally not a dish made for its own sake, though this point is argued. In other words, whereas one might set about killing a cow, with the intention of then eating cooked cow, one did not gather the ingredients of minestrone with the intention of making minestrone. The ingredients were pooled from ingredients of other dishes, often side dishes or "contorni" plus whatever was left over.
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miaponzo
May 27, 2011 @ 6:44 am | delete
- Thanks! Great recipe!!!! and ideas!
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Sylvestermouse
Apr 28, 2011 @ 6:06 pm | delete
- I am so, so, so glad you shared this recipe! I love Minestrone Soup, but I have never found a good recipe myself. I will definitely be trying your mom's recipe! Thank you! It is printed and ready for the grocery store :)
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nightbear
Mar 30, 2011 @ 5:58 pm | delete
- Wonderful recipe and I love the look of your lens. And I think your mom is so cute. Well done.
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sandyspider
Mar 30, 2011 @ 1:18 pm | delete
- I think I could live on soup and chocolate. LOL Yummy soup recipe. I will have to try it. Thanks for adding it to my Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup lens.
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Tipi
Mar 22, 2011 @ 7:13 pm | delete
- Could you please deliver a sample, I could sure use a bowl right now. This not only sounds delicious but very healthy. I won't say a word to your Mom about all those extras, mmmmm!
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OhMe
Nov 6, 2010 @ 11:50 am | delete
- Maybe I need to try your recipe. I probably haven't had it made right.
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Joan4
Nov 6, 2010 @ 8:04 am | delete
- Printed! Thank you to you and your mom!
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Leo9
Apr 22, 2010 @ 11:17 pm | delete
- Mothers' recipes are so great I think I'm going to have to make a link list of them on my lens! This looks good to me. Great photos too.
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Tiffany
Jan 14, 2010 @ 9:30 am | delete
- Yeah! I have been looking for a good minestrone soup recipe. I tried a random one from a recipe site last week and it was awful. Can't wait to try this.
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jooloo
Jun 9, 2009 @ 11:21 pm | delete
- Sounds wonderful. I think I'd toss in a bit of sausage or bacon.
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