Appetizers / Soups / Salads

Chunky Minestrone with Beef takes several minutes to prepare.

Chunky Minestrone with Beef takes several minutes to cook.

Chunky Minestrone with Beef makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Chunky Minestrone with Beef are:

1 pound stew meat, trimmed
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped carrots
2(14.5-ounce cans no-salt added diced tomatoes w/ roasted garlic, undrained
2 (14-ounce) cans fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
1t dried Italian seasoning
1/2 t salt
1/4 t pepper
2 cups chopped cabbage
1 cup thinly sliced yellow squash
1 (15.5-ounce) can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
2 cups cooked seashell pasta
6T (1.5-ounces) grated fresh Parmesan cheese

Here is how you make Chunky Minestrone with Beef:

Yield: 6 - 1.5 cup serving soup w/ 1T cheese1. Combine first 8 ingredients in an electric slow cooker. Cover and cook on high 1 hour. Reduce heat to low and cook 5 hours or util meat is tender.2. Stir in cabbage, squash and garbanzo beans. Cook on high 45 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in cooked pasta. Top each serving with 1T cheese.Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TCGIRL.

The nutritional information for Chunky Minestrone with Beef is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 311.5

• Total Fat: 6.8 g
• Cholesterol: 60.2 mg
• Sodium: 993.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 36.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 7.9 g
• Protein: 27.2 g