Vegetable Minestrone Soup Food

VEGETARIAN MINESTRONE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrot, celery, garlic, salt, rosemary, black pepper and crushed red pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are just tender, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Stir in the broth, 2 cups water, the cannellini beans, tomatoes, zucchini and vinegar. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce the heat to medium low and simmer until the zucchini is just tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in the collard greens and simmer until the greens are tender, about 2 minutes. Stir in the orzo. Season with salt. Top with the shredded parmesan.
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MINESTRONE SOUP (ITALIAN VEGETABLE SOUP)

Steps:

• In a dutch oven combine broth, tomatoes, onion, celery, parsley, oregano, pepper, and garlic. Simmer, stirring occasionally for 20-30 minutes.
• Add all other ingredients and continue to cook until all vegetables are tender.
• Thirty minutes before serving, Add uncooked pasta.
• **Serve with grated parmesan cheese**.

EASY VEGETABLE MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Put all of the ingredients except for the macaroni in the bowl of a slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours.
• Just before serving, cook the macaroni in boiling, salted water until al dente, about 7 minutes.
• Drain the macaroni and stir it into the soup.
• Serve topped with parmesan cheese.

FROZEN VEGETABLE MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. Add the olive oil, onions, red pepper flakes, garlic and potatoes with a generous pinch of salt. Cook over medium heat, stirring with a wooden spoon, until the vegetables are tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and 2 cups water and continue cooking until the tomatoes start to break down and mellow out, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Add the beans, peas, corn and celery and simmer 2 to 3 minutes. Taste for seasoning.
• Transfer to serving bowls and garnish with a few dollops of pesto and a generous sprinkle of Parmesan cheese. Serve with garlic bread on the side if desired.

MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook until translucent, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 30 seconds. Add the celery and carrot and cook until they begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Stir in the green beans, dried oregano and basil, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste; cook 3 more minutes.
• Add the diced and crushed tomatoes and the chicken broth to the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium low and simmer 10 minutes. Stir in the kidney beans and pasta and cook until the pasta and vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Season with salt. Ladle into bowls and top with the parmesan and chopped basil.

MINESTRONE VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large soup pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until onion is tender, 2 to 5 minutes. Stir chicken broth, tomato juice, diced tomatoes and their juice, spinach, zucchini, carrots, celery, cannellini beans, Italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper. Bring soup to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cover pot. Simmer soup for 45 minutes.
• Bring soup back to a full boil and stir in rotini pasta. Reduce heat to low and simmer until pasta is tender, 10 to 15 more minutes.

MINESTRONE SOUP WITH PASTA, BEANS AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• In a slow cooker, combine broth, tomatoes, beans, carrots, celery, onion, thyme, sage, bay leaves, and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and black pepper. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours or on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours.
• Thirty minutes before the soup is done cooking, add ditalini, zucchini and spinach. Cover and cook 30 more minutes. Remove bay leaves and season, to taste, with salt and black pepper. Ladle soup into bowls and sprinkle parmesan cheese over top. Garnish with basil, if desired.

JUDY'S HEARTY VEGETABLE MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir celery, carrots, onion, and garlic in the hot oil until the onion is translucent, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Pour vegetable stock over the vegetable mixture; season with Italian seasoning, kosher salt, and black pepper. Stir tomatoes, potatoes, and kidney beans into the stock mixture; bring to a simmer and cook until the potatoes are tender, about 40 minutes. Add kale and continue cooking until the kale wilts, about 5 minutes.

UNCLE BILL'S VEGETARIAN MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add chopped onion and sauté for 4 minutes or until just lightly browned.
• Add water, zucchini, carrots, canellini beans, celery, basil, oregano salt, pepper, tomatoes and garlic.
• Bring to boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer on medium-low heat for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add macaroni, cover and cook an additional 10 minutes.
• Adjust spices to suit your taste.
• Serve hot.

CLASSIC MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook onion, carrot, celery, garlic and rosemary until vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in tomato sauce, beans and 2 1/2 cups water. Add broth, zucchini, pasta and pepper; bring to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, 10 minutes or until pasta is tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in parsley. Serve topped with Parmesan cheese and additional parsley, if desired.

SLOW COOKER VEGETARIAN MINESTRONE

Steps:

• Combine vegetable broth, tomatoes, kidney beans, onion, celery, carrots, green beans, zucchini, garlic, parsley, oregano, salt, thyme, and black pepper in a 6-quart slow cooker.
• Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes; drain.
• Stir spinach and macaroni into minestrone; cook another 15 minutes. Top with Parmesan cheese.

SUMMER VEGETABLE MINESTRONE SOUP RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Combine oil, carrots, celery, onion, salt, pepper, and potato in a large pot over medium heat for 3 minutes.
• Add garlic and stir for one minute. Mix in diced tomatoes, vegetable stock, and zucchini.
• Bring to a boil.
• Place the lid on the pot, and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Add cannellini beans, spinach, and pasta. Cover and simmer 10 minutes.
• Allow to cool before serving.
• Enjoy

MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Saute the onion, carrot, celery, potato and garlic in the oil for 5-10 minutes. Add the Italian seasoning to the vegetables near the end of the saute and stir to coat.
• Meanwhile, cook the half cup of dried pasta, such as stelline or tiny shells according to package directions. Cook pasta for about a minute less than the minimum time and then drain and rinse with cold water. Set pasta aside.
• Add tomatoes, chickpeas and broth to the sauted vegetables and simmer for 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes has passed, add the diced zucchini. Cook for 5 minutes more. Near the end of the cooking time, add the reserved pasta and allow it to heat in the soup for 1-2 minutes.
• Serve hot. Salt in canned tomatoes and broth is probably adequate. Shake on crushed red pepper flakes in the serving bowls for a spicy kick.

VEGETABLE MINESTRONE

Steps:

• In 5- to 6-quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add carrots, celery, garlic, zucchini, onion and green beans; cook 7 minutes, stirring frequently, until crisp-tender. Add both cans of tomatoes, both cans of beans, broth, salt and pepper flakes. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Stir pasta into soup. Cook 10 minutes or until pasta is tender. Stir in spinach; cook 1 minute or until spinach is wilted. Stir in pesto. Sprinkle individual servings with cheese.