Minestrone Recipes

This recipe tries to copy the Olive Garden Minestrone Soup recipe.

This is a recipe I came across while living in Italy many years ago. I have added some of my favorite vegetables to it to "beef" it up and make it more hearty. It is one of my family's favorites, great for a cold fall or winter night.

delicious minestrone soup

This makes a big pot of soup. Leave out the beans and pasta and you've got a nice simple root-veggie soup. If you're not vegan, feel free to use chicken stock, and/or add some freshly grated Parmesan at the end. It's also really good if the veggies are sauteed in olive oil first, but this is a fat-free version.

twist on the italian favorite

Very healthy and colourful, this soup is delicious with tea biscuits or fresh bread.

This hearty vegetarian soup takes advantage of late summer garden crops or throwing together vegetables in your fridge for a quick soup on a busy weeknight.

With all the sodium you've saved, you can afford to sprinkle a little parmesan on top and you will be in heaven :)

A nice twist to the usual minestrone soup.

This recipe is great for batching and freezing leftovers for lunches or dinners when you don’t want to cook but want feel good food that is still healthy. It's one of my favorite soups. When I was pregnant with my daughter this is all I wanted.

Well, this is minestrone minus the stuff I don't like! Great for kids and picky eaters.

Do this on stove in LARGE stew pot. Crockpot is not big enough

This soup is rockin'. It's so good that my man's eyes light up when I tell him I'm going to make it...despite the lack of meat. I dare you to eat just one bowl!

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Improving on a family favorite.

adapted from FoodandWine.com

A protein packed, hearty minestrone soup

recipe from bean package.
prep and cooking time does not include time to precook beans.

Minestrone is a traditional Italian soup, we like to serve it with warm crusty bread, and yet there is no set recipe for minestrone, since it is usually made out of whatever vegetables are in season. It can be vegetarian, contain meat, or contain a meat-based broth (such as chicken stock).
Serves / Makes: 12 servings
Prep-Time: 12 minutes
Cook-Time: 35 minutes

One of my favorite recipes from the "Fat-free Italian Cuisine" book :) This soup makes a tasty appetizer or snack and is very low in fat! For lower sodium use low sodium ingredients and you can always add or subtract veggies to taste :) Hope you enjoy this recipe!

A perfect dish to help meet all thoes nutritional needs this soup is packed full of vegetables. This is low in calories, plenty of protien and very filling.

Authentic Italian recipe, No Pasta!

This hearty soup has 90 cal, 4 grams of fiber, 4 grams of protein, 258 mg of sodium and only 1 grams of fat per serving. Its a big pot of soup, but it freezes beautifully!
I freeze flat in gallon bags and they stack in the freezer, and I freeze single portions in zippered sandwich bags for a quick lunch.

Recipe from 1,000 Classic Recipes from Around the World

*this version comes from Livorno, a port on the western coast.