Minestone Soup

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 10
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 226.3
  • Total Fat: 5.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 264.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 39.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 13.3 g
  • Protein: 12.0 g

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Introduction

when I was a child there was a restaurant that misspelled Minestrone so it is forevermore Minestone Soup when I was a child there was a restaurant that misspelled Minestrone so it is forevermore Minestone Soup
Number of Servings: 10

Ingredients

    1/2 c each dry kidney beans, black beans, great northern beans cleaned and soaked overnight.

    1 med onion
    3 tbsp grape seed oil
    1 tbsp garlic

    1 large Zuccini large dice
    1 large summer squack large dice
    1 bunch fresh greenbeans (equal to 1 can)
    4 large carrots chopped
    2 tsp Italian seasoning


    2-3 tsp better than bullion (chicken or veggie)
    2 c water

    2 c water

Tips

can you a can of each bean listed but greatly impacts the sodium.
I add a bit of shaved Parm (not added to caloric count

I keep the pasts and soup separate so it does not get mushy. i also do not freeze with pasta in it.


Directions

assuming beans have been soaked:

add oil and onions to pan. when translucent add garlic saute for 1-2 mins

add veggies, broth and beans

top with remaining 2c of water (i reserved mine for later in the cooking time)

cook for 1-2 hours on stove or 4-5 hours low on slow cooker

cook and drain pasta

add 1/10 of pasta to bowl and top with 2c of soup
enjoy

add S&P to taste




Serving Size: make 10 good sized bowls of soup

Number of Servings: 10

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BLUEYEDKAREN.