Hearty Meatless Minestrone
Recipe: #632
October 16, 2011
Categories: Cabbage, Carrot Onions, Peppers, Squash, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Dinner, more
"This is a quick, healthy and tasty soup. It makes a big batch! If you want to add meat to enhance flavor, I have added cooked browned italian sausage or cooked italian linked sausage and cut them into chunks. Hope you enjoy!"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (424.1 g)
- Calories 302.9
- Total Fat - 10.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.2 g
- Cholesterol - 34 mg
- Sodium - 504.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 38.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 7.5 g
- Sugars - 17.5 g
- Protein - 16 g
- Calcium - 90.6 mg
- Iron - 3.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 14.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In a dutch oven or similar large soup pan, saute onion in oil for 2 minutes.
Step 2
Add the celery, carrots, cabbage, bell pepper, zucchini and garlic, saute 3 minutes longer.
Step 3
Stir in the water, all the tomatoes, bean and seasonings.
Step 4
Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and cover. Simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in pasta and cook 15 minutes longer. Garnish with cheese.
Tips
No special items needed.