Minestrone Soup
Minestrone Soup
  • Yield: 8 servings
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Minestrone Soup

By 2015-05-13

 Key Points

  • Serving size: 244 grams
  • Before preparing dried beans, sort through for tiny pebbles or shriveled beans.
  • Dried beans need to be soaked before they are cooked.
  • The best way to soak dried beans is to cover them in cold water and bring to a gentle boil, turn off heat and allow beans to soak in the water for 1-2 hours. *Do not add salt to the soaking water. Drain water and rinse with fresh water.
  • To cook beans, cover with fresh water and simmer for 1-2 hours. Do not let the beans dry out, beans should always be covered with water.

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Spray a large pot with non stick cooking spray. Cook onions, carrots, and garlic for 5 minutes.
  2. Add broth, tomato paste, cabbage, basil and oregano.
  3. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium and cook for 15 minutes or until all vegetables are tender.
  4. Add kidney beans and cook for 5 more minutes.
  5. Add salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy!
  6. Refrigerate leftovers.

 

Nutrition facts per serving

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Photo Credit: “Minstrone” by rusvaplauke / CC BY 2.0