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Minestrone Soup Recipe

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Brimming with a harvest of garden bounty, this quick-to-fix soup from Heather Ryan of Brown Dee, Wisconsin is fresh-tasting and nutritious. The tomato-based broth is chock-full of everything from carrots and zucchini to garbanzo beans and elbow macaroni.

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Minestrone Soup Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Cook: 35 min.

Yield: 8 Servings

10 35 45

Ingredients

4 medium carrots, chopped
1 medium zucchini, sliced
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) vegetable broth
3 cups V8 juice
1 can (15 ounces) garbanzo beans or chickpeas, drained
1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
1 cup frozen cut green beans
1/2 cup uncooked elbow macaroni
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley

Directions

In a Dutch oven, cook the carrots, zucchini, onion and garlic in oil for 7 minutes or until onion is tender. Add the broth, V8 juice, garbanzo beans, tomatoes, green beans, macaroni and basil. Bring to a boil.
Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Stir in parsley. Cook 5 minutes longer or until macaroni is tender. Yield: 8 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: One serving (1-1/2 cups) equals 166 calories, 3 g fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 900 mg sodium, 30 g carbohydrate, 5 g fiber, 6 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 vegetable, 1 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Minestrone Soup in Light & Tasty August/September 2003, p17

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Reviewed on Dec. 18, 2011 by 2greyhares

Delicious! I received several requests for the recipe and was also asked to bring it to our next family get together.

Reviewed on Jun. 23, 2009 by rgallardo

Very savory!! I added sliced mushrooms and chopped celery to mine. I added more vegetable broth and about 1/4 cup more of V8 to account the addition above. I didn't have fresh parsley, so I used dried. Also, next time I will cook the veggies longer than 7 minutes, I don't feel that was enough time.