Minestrone
0
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Total time: 55 min • Prep: 25 min • Cook: 30 min • Serves: 6 • Difficulty: Easy
This healthy, filling soup comes from our UK site. Make it once and it will be your instant favourite!
Ingredients
Cooking spray
1 spray(s), (5 one-second sprays per serving)
Onion
1 large, chopped
Celery
2 stalk(s), medium, chopped
Carrots
1½ medium, chopped
Uncooked rutabaga
8 oz, chopped
Vegetable bouillon cube
2 cube(s), dissolved in 3 1/2 cups hot water
Canned tomatoes
14 oz, chopped
Dried oregano
2 tsp(s), or a combination of dried Italian herbs
Uncooked whole wheat pasta
1 oz, shells or other small shape
Table salt
⅛ tsp(s), or to taste
Black pepper
⅛ pinch(es), freshly ground, or to taste
Fresh parsley
1 tbsp(s), fresh, chopped (for garnish)
Instructions
1
Coat a large saucepan with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat. Add onion, celery, carrots and rutabaga; cook for about 3 minutes.
2
Pour in prepared vegetable stock; add tomatoes and oregano. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer over a very low heat for about 15 minutes.
3
Add pasta to saucepan. Cook until pasta is tender, about 10 minutes more. Taste soup and season to taste as necessary. Ladle into individual serving bowls and sprinkle with parsley.
4
Cook's tip: Cool, cover and refrigerate any soup that you don’t use, and eat within three days, or freeze the soup to use another time.
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