Our Family Recipe For Minestrone Soup
Minestrone Soup is one of my family's favorites! This recipe has evolved over the years as we've added new veggies to it and adjusted the seasonings. The recipe is flexible enough that if you are having someone over for dinner who doesn't like, say carrots, you can leave those out and the soup will still be fantastic!
So go grab your soup pot, some fresh veggies and your cutting board, and let's get started!
Mmmm...wait until you smell it cooking!
Ingredients for Minestrone Soup
Use fresh veggies in your soup, when available!
1 can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
2 14.5 oz cans whole tomatoes
1 cup chopped onion
3 cloves chopped garlic
2 zucchini, cut in half lengthwise and then sliced
1 bell pepper, diced
1 potato, peeled and cubed
1 can corn, drained
1 small carrot, sliced
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp basil
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 ½ tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
5 cups water
1 cup uncooked ziti or other pasta (I use wholegrain pasta.)
Oil for sautéing
Directions
Minestrone Soup Cooking
Cut the onion and saute it over medium heat in a little oil in a large soup pot. Covering the pot with a lid helps the onion cook more quickly. While the onion is cooking, cut the bell pepper and garlic, add them to the pot and continue sauteing the vegetables. When the onion and bell pepper are soft, add the garlic, basil, salt, oregano, and pepper. Cook covered over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring often. Add 5 cups of water and turn the heat up to high. Add the sliced zucchini, potatoes and carrots, as well as the corn and beans. After the water comes to a boil, reduce the heat to low and cook for ten minutes. During this time, add the juice from the tomatoes to the soup pot and either slice the tomatoes on a plate or give them a few whirls in a food processor. Add the tomatoes, the parsley, and the uncooked pasta and cook until the pasta is ready and the potatoes are tender.
Use 'em fresh!
If I have cooked dried beans on hand, I use those. Otherwise I use canned beans. Everything else I use is fresh or, in the case of the herbs, dried.
Serve with crackers or a piece of bread or garlic bread!
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- Evelyn_Saenz Evelyn_Saenz Nov 25, 2009 @ 7:35 am
- Simmering minestrone soup on a woodstove sound just perfect on a cold winter night. I can hardly wait to try this recipe.
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- CherylK CherylK Oct 22, 2009 @ 2:50 pm
- We love soup and minestrone is such a comfort food. I'm going to try your vegetarian version...it's soup weather in Minnesota!
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- flighty02 flighty02 Aug 3, 2009 @ 2:36 am
- Its ages since I have made minestrone soup, this one looks great! I have featured it on my 'Healthy Vegetarian Recipes - Celery Soup lens.'
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- OhMe OhMe Jul 24, 2009 @ 9:23 am
- I don't know why but I have never made Minestrone Soup. I think you may have inspired me.
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- hlkljgk hlkljgk Jul 13, 2009 @ 11:07 am
- love a good soup. welcome to Comfort Food HQ
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- Treasures-By-Brenda Treasures-By-Brenda Jul 12, 2009 @ 6:31 pm
- Soup IS so versatile. We had it tonight and I threw in the leftovers from yesterday's fajitas! It was yummy.
Welcome to the Culinary Favorites From A to Z group. Your lens is being featured in the S is for Soup section -- as a matter of fact I think it might be the lens that necessitates the creation of a second soup section!
By the way, don't forget to come back and add your lens to the link list so that it will appear on the group page a second time!
And oh yes, I've blessed your soup. When's lunch?
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- CreativeArtist CreativeArtist Jul 11, 2009 @ 11:07 am
- Welcome to the Vegetarian Recipes Group.
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- ajgodinho ajgodinho Jul 10, 2009 @ 11:46 pm
- Yummy...looks fresh, healthy and delicious...I'm coming over! ; )
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- bdkz bdkz Jul 10, 2009 @ 7:51 pm
- Love this one!
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- rms rms Jul 10, 2009 @ 8:12 am
- This looks so delicious!
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