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Nonna's Minestrone Soup Recipe

Nonna's Minestrone Soup Recipe is an Italian soup full of veggies, pasta and spices all cooked in broth for the best cozy fall recipe!
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Cook Time 1 hour
Bean Soaking Time 12 hours
Total Time 13 hours
Course Soup
Cuisine Italian
Servings 6 servings
Calories 216 kcal

Equipment

  • Large Soup Pot

Ingredients
  

  • 1½ tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • ½ medium white onion finely diced
  • 2 medium cloves fresh garlic finely grated
  • 2 tbsp vegan pasta sauce
  • 7 cups vegetable broth
  • ½ large carrot diced
  • 1 medium celery stick (a rib) diced
  • 1 cup zucchini diced
  • 1 cup butternut squash diced
  • 1 cup kale chopped into small pieces
  • 3 small firm tomatoes diced
  • 1 cup uncooked elbow pasta gluten free or regular
  • ¾ cup dried pinto beans soaked overnight before using
  • 1 bay leaf
  • ½ tsp pink salt add extra salt as per taste
  • lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil drizzled over top before serving, optional
  • black pepper optional

Instructions
 

  • Add the oil to a pot over medium heat. Once this is warm, add in the chopped onions and garlic. Sautee these for a few minutes, until they are fragrant and the onions are tender.
  • Then add in the pasta sauce, and the carrot, celery, zucchini and squash. Sautee these for about 10 minutes, until the vegetables are softened.
  • Add in the chopped tomatoes, and saute for 2-3 minutes more. Then add in the broth, salt, beans, and bay leaf. Increase the heat to medium-high and let this mixture come to a boil.
  • Once it boils, reduce the heat to medium-low and let it simmer for 15 minutes with a lid partially on (just enough space to let steam escape).
  • Add in the pasta, and cook it with the same lid partially on so that the beans get cooked. Leave it to cook for another 20-30 minutes.
  • I would check on this every 5 minutes, and make sure that the beans are getting softer. By the time the beans are softened, the mixture (including the pasta) should also be cooked.
  • Remove the pot from the heat, add in more salt and pepper as desired, and remove the bay leaf.
  • Drizzle in the optional lemon juice and olive oil before serving!

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