Minestrone Soup - hearty soup packed with healthy vegetables, potato and pasta.
Hearty Filling Minestrone Soup
I love minestrone soup and this recipe is a family favorite, packed with lots of speed foods and totally .
I love it chunky style and it feels more like a complete meal. A great comforting meal for the fall or winter weather.
Planning some batch cooking? Add this to your list as it's perfect for freezing.
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Minestrone Soup
Minestrone Soup - hearty soup packed with healthy vegetables, potato and pasta.
Ingredients
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 celery sticks, chopped
- 2 large carrots, halved and chopped
- 2 small yukon gold potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 2 small courgette (zucchini), chopped
- 8 cups (2 litres) of chicken or vegetable stock
- 3.5 cups (840ml) of canned plum tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
- splash of balsamic vinegar
- 1 cup (171g) of ditalini pasta (or similar shaped pasta)
- 2 teaspoon of Italian herbs
- salt and pepper
- cooking oil spray
- fresh chopped Italian parsley
Instructions
- Spray a large sauce pan with some spray oil
- Add the onions, celery, carrots and garlic and fry for about 5 mins until softened.
- Add the courgette, tomatoes (break them up with a wooden spoon), tomatoes paste, vegetable stock, Italian herbs, and balsamic vinegar.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer for approx 40 mins
- Add in the potatoes and pasta and simmer until cooked.
- Season as needed with salt and black pepper
- Top with some freshly chopped Italian parsley
- Serve and Enjoy!!
- (If you like a smooth soup, you can blend it all, before adding in the potatoes and pasta, I prefer to leave it chunky)
- Optional: if you have a HEa spare, this is delicious topped with some grated parmesan cheese
- NOTE: When heating up the next day, you may need to add more stock, as it will thicken from the starch from the potatoes/pasta
Notes
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Nutrition Information
Serving Size 1 servingAmount Per Serving Calories 218Total Fat 0.6gSaturated Fat 0gSodium 804mgCarbohydrates 46.3gFiber 4.9gSugar 9.5gProtein 7.6g
Kel (Harry'sMom07) says
Looks delish!! Will be trying this soon x
Cat says
This is absolutely lovely, it's so filling that you only need a small bowl so it lasts for ages x
admin says
it is nice and filling isn't it? I am glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Jenny Robinson says
lovely i used ham stock cube as had no vegetable ones. will make again but will precook potatoes as i found they took a long time to soften and had to add more water to prevent sticking
Jannine Scatterty says
Just made a large batch of this. Thank you so, so much...your recipes are amazing! Cant wait to try another one!
Lynne kelsey says
Can this be frozen
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
It can indeed, the only slight issue is the pasta will swell up the more it is cooked, so it tends to really thicken up the soup.
Charmayne says
Made this today was delicious! Thanks x
Lisa G says
Looks lovely, can it be frozen please ?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
You sure can - enjoy
Tumpshy says
Made this yesterday and it is absolutely delicious.
Firm favourite now thank you
Bryan says
Hi, I made this soup, it was wonderful, however it became a different creation altogether because I left it too late to be a soup, so it quickly became minestrone stew with shredded chicken.
Absolutely beautiful..
Norma Prince says
Excellent soup - my hubby sand I loved it! I usually make traditional soups for lunches (potato & leek, veg broth etc) but this was a great tasty change.
Our problem is not having bread. My hubby had a cholesterol test which was a bit over normal, so trying to eat healthy and reduce portion sizes too. Hubby can’t stand food without sauces so trying to make healthy ones! I’ve had back problem so not exercising much which doesn’t help either.
Love your blog. Thanks.
Natalie says
Can this be made in the slow cooker ?
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
I haven't tested. I am sure it will work but may need some adjusting.