Easy Minestrone Soup
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Easy Minestrone Soup
Description
This minestrone begins by sautéing diced onions, garlic, celery, carrots, and zucchini in butter and olive oil to soften and release their flavors. Canned diced tomatoes and tomato sauce create a rich tomato base, to which white cannellini beans and kidney beans are added, increasing the soup’s heartiness and protein content. Vegetable broth and dried herbs like basil and oregano enhance the savory depth.
Elbow macaroni or shell pasta is stirred in with chopped fresh spinach before a final gentle boil until the pasta is tender but not mushy. The resulting soup has a mix of textures from soft beans and pasta to tender-crisp vegetables and leafy spinach. A sprinkle of freshly grated Parmesan cheese on top adds a salty and savory finish.
This recipe is suitable as a main course or a starter and offers a warming, balanced dish that incorporates multiple food groups. Adjust seasonings with salt and pepper before serving to match personal taste.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup white onion about 1 onion, diced, or yellow onion
- 1 tablespoon garlic minced
- 1 cup celery about 3 ribs, diced
- 1 cup carrot about 4 medium carrots, chopped
- 2 cups zucchini about 3 medium zucchini, diced
- 1 (28 ounce can) diced tomatoes undrained
- 1 (15 ounce can) tomato sauce
- 1 (15 ounce can) cannellini beans undrained, white
- 1 (15 ounce can) Kidney Beans undrained
- 6 cups vegetable broth
- 1 tablespoon basil dried
- 1 tablespoon oregano dried
- 8 ounces elbow macaroni or shell pasta
- 1 cup spinach roughly chopped, fresh
- 1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese to garnish, freshly grated
Instructions
- Heat butter and olive oil in a large soup pot over medium heat. Add onions and garlic and let them saute for 3-5 minutes. Then add in celery, carrots, and zucchini. Cook for 8-10 minutes until the vegetables soften.
- Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, beans and vegetable broth and herbs and bring to a boil.
- Add in the pasta and spinach and reduce heat to a low boil for 10-12 minutes until noodles are tender. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese if desired.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 8Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 315 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 315kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 55g | 18% |
| Protein | 13g | 26% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 8mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 1290mg | 54% |
| Potassium | 1028mg | 22% |
| Fiber | 10g | 40% |
| Sugar | 10g | 20% |
| Vitamin A | 3967IU | 79% |
| Vitamin C | 23mg | 26% |
| Calcium | 146mg | 15% |
| Iron | 5mg | 28% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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