Easy Minestrone Soup | The Recipe Rebel
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This Easy Minestrone Soup is a healthy one-pot meal that's loaded with veggies, beans, and pasta. It's vegetarian, dairy-free, and can easily be made vegan or gluten-free. Make-ahead and freezer friendly!
Ingredients
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 small onion (finely diced)
2 ribs celery (sliced)
3 large carrots (peeled and finely chopped)
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon minced garlic (2 large cloves)
1½ teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
¼ teaspoon black pepper
⅛ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 cups fresh spinach (roughly chopped)
4 cups low sodium chicken broth (or vegetable broth)
28 oz canned diced tomatoes (798 ml) no salt added
1 cup canned red kidney beans* (rinsed) 8 oz
1 cup canned white kidney beans* (rinsed) 8 oz
1 cups small uncooked pasta (I used medium shells)
Parmesan for serving
Instructions
In a large pot cook and stir the oil, carrots, celery and onion over medium-high heat until the onion has softened, about 3-4 minutes.
Add the salt, garlic, parsley, oregano, basil, and pepper and cook 1 minute.
Add the broth, tomatoes, and beans. Cover and simmer over medium heat for about 10 minutes or until carrots are crisp-tender.
Stir in pasta, cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until pasta reaches desired tenderness, stirring often.
Stir in spinach and serve with shredded Parmesan cheese as desired.
The Cheap And Easy Soup I Make Every Week In The Fall
Today we're making Italian lentil soup. This is such a simple and comforting soup to make. As always, we recommend saving those Parmigiano rinds so you can add them to soups just like this one. We hope you enjoy this lentil soup recipe!
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INGREDIENTS WITH GRAM AMOUNTS
1/4 cup (54 grams) extra virgin olive oil - plus more for finishing
1 medium onion - diced
2 ribs celery - diced
2-3 medium carrots - diced
1 teaspoon (~2 grams) dried oregano
3 ounces (84 grams) tomato paste
8 ounces (226 grams) canned plum tomatoes hand crushed
8 ounces (226 grams) baby spinach
8 cups (1890 grams) water
16 ounces (454 grams) brown or green lentils see notes below
1 rind Parmigiano Reggiano (optional)
salt and pepper to taste
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Italian Grandma Makes Lentil Soup
LENTIL SOUP
1 lb Lentils
2 Bay Leaves
2 Garlic Cloves, halved
Olive Oil
½ Onion, chopped
1 Plum Tomato, chopped
1 cup Celery, chopped
1 cup Carrots, chopped
1 Potato, diced
¼ cup Fresh Parsley, chopped
3½ qts Water, total approx
6 oz Small Soup Shell Pasta
Grated Pecorino Romano Cheese
Salt and Pepper to taste
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INGREDIENTS
1 cup of red lentils
120gm of casarecce pasta
1/3 cup of olive oil
3/4 tsp of cumin seeds
1/2 of a large onion, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, chopped
2 medium size tomatoes, chopped
1/2 tsp of ground turmeric
1 tsp of ground coriander
3/4 tsp of ground red chilli
1/2 tsp of crushed black pepper
2 vegetable stock cubes
2 fresh bay leaves
salt to taste
some chopped coriander leaves
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