Minestrone Soup
A hearty Italian vegetable soup with cannellini beans, pasta, zucchini, carrot and spinach in a rich tomato broth. Thick, filling and packed with goodness — perfect for batch cooking.
Prep
15m
Cook
30m
Diff.
Eas
Serves
5

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Ingredients
Squash, summer, yellow, includes skin, raw
1 medium, diced
Carrots, baby, raw
2 medium, diced
Celery, American Green, stalk, raw
2 stalks, sliced
Garlic, raw
2 cloves
Tomatoes, crushed, canned
1 can
Soup, vegetable with beef broth, canned, condensed
5 cups
Squash, summer, green, zucchini, includes skin, raw
1–2 zucchini, diced
Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), canned, sodium added, drained and rinsed
1 can cannellini beans
Mustard spinach, (tendergreen), raw
handful
Oil, olive, extra virgin
2 tablespoons
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Instructions
Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, carrot and celery. Cook for 6–7 minutes until softened.
Add garlic and cook for 1 minute.
Add the crushed tomatoes, vegetable stock, and a bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper.
Bring to the boil then add the pasta and zucchini.
Simmer for 10–12 minutes until the pasta and vegetables are tender.
Stir in the drained cannellini beans and spinach. Cook for 2 more minutes until the spinach wilts.
Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve with crusty bread and a drizzle of olive oil.
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