Minestrone

Name: Minestrone
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 carrots, diced; 2 stalks celery, diced; 1 onion, diced; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tin diced tomatoes; 1 tin cannellini beans, drained; 1 zucchini, diced; 2 kale leaves, shredded; 1L vegetable stock; 1/2 cup small pasta; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp dried Italian herbs; parmesan rind optional; salt and pepper to taste

A hearty Italian-style minestrone with sauteed carrots, celery and onion simmered in tomato stock with cannellini beans, zucchini and kale, finished with small pasta and parmesan.

Total time

45 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

35 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

vegetarianvegan

Ingredients

2carrots, diced

2 stalkscelery, diced

1onion, diced

2 clovesgarlic, minced

1 tindiced tomatoes

1 tincannellini beans, drained

1zucchini, diced

2kale leaves, shredded

1Lvegetable stock

1/2 cupsmall pasta

2 tbspolive oil

1 tspdried Italian herbs

parmesan rindoptional

salt and pepperto taste

Instructions

Sauté onion, carrot and celery in oil 8 minutes.

Add garlic and herbs. Add tomatoes and stock.

Simmer 15 minutes. Add zucchini, beans, kale and parmesan rind if using.

Add pasta. Cook 8 minutes.

Season and serve with parmesan.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

120

Protein

3.4g

Fat

7.5g

Carbs

12g

Fiber

2.9g

Sodium

997mg

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