Turkey Minestrone
3
Points®
Total time: 40 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 25 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
Minestrone is an Italian soup made with vegetables, beans, and pasta. Typically, it doesn’t include meat, but we added crumbled meatloaves to make this soup even heartier. If you don’t have ditalini, feel free to use elbow macaroni instead.
Ingredients
Canola oil
1 Tbsp
Uncooked onion
½ cup(s), chopped
Carrots
½ cup(s), thinly sliced
Celery
⅓ cup(s), chopped, thinly sliced
Garlic
2 clove(s), finely chopped
Unsalted chicken stock
3 cup(s)
No salt added canned diced tomatoes
14½ oz
Canned low sodium red kidney beans
15 oz, rinsed and drained, low sodium preferred
Kosher salt
½ tsp
Italian seasoning
½ tsp
Uncooked ditalini pasta
2 oz, a scant 1⁄2 cup
Uncooked zucchini
1 medium, chopped
Muffin-Pan Turkey Meatloaves
3 item(s), crumbled (search for the recipe in the WW app)
Instructions
1
In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium-high. Add the onion, carrot, celery, and garlic and cook for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the broth, tomatoes, beans, salt, and Italian seasoning and bring to a boil, occasionally stirring and scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan.
2
Add the pasta and zucchini and reduce heat to medium. Cook until the pasta and vegetables are tender, 13 to 15 minutes. Stir in the meatloaves and cook until heated through, 1 to 2 minutes.
3
Serving size: 1¾ cups
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