Quick and easy Minestrone Soup

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 251.6
  • Total Fat: 7.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 22.5 mg
  • Sodium: 1,348.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 28.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 7.3 g
  • Protein: 17.5 g

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Introduction

This is an easy and quick soup for dinner packed with veggies and reheats beautifully for lunch to go. Adding parmesn cheese before serving will alter the nutrition info but does a great soup even better. This is an easy and quick soup for dinner packed with veggies and reheats beautifully for lunch to go. Adding parmesn cheese before serving will alter the nutrition info but does a great soup even better.
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1 medium zucchini diced
    2 cloves garlic crushed
    2 16-oz cans reduced sodium chicken broth
    1 14.5-oz can Italian style diced tomatoes
    1 16-oz can red kidney beans, drained
    1 14.5 oz can green beans
    1/2 package frozen chopped spinach
    1/2 lb. cooked and drained lean ground beef
    4 oz. uncooked orzo pasta

Directions

1. Combine first 8 ingredients in a large sauce pan; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer 5 min.
2. Add orzo and cook 10-15 min or until pasta is done, stirring occasionally.
Yield: 8 1-cup servings

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LAFISH.