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Soup, Maureen?s Minestrone Soup is for Soup.

Soup, Maureen?s Minestrone Soup takes 12 minutes to prepare.

Soup, Maureen?s Minestrone Soup takes 35 minutes to cook.

Soup, Maureen?s Minestrone Soup makes 14 servings.

The ingredients for Soup, Maureen?s Minestrone Soup are:

2 tablespoons, olive oil
2 cloves, garlic, minced
1 medium onion, diced
100 grams, rindless streaky bacon, chopped
2 tablespoons, chopped fresh thyme
200 grams, carrots, diced
200 grams, leek, sliced
200 grams, diced turnips
100 grams, red pepper, diced
2 tablespoons of tomato puree
100 grams, cabbage, chopped (we use a spring cabbage
2 x 400 gram tin chopped tomatoes, we use the Napolina brand
1 x 400 gram tin cannellini beans, drained
100 grams, fine beans cut into 1 inch pieces
100 grams, quick soup mix, we use Neal?s Yard quick soup mix
2 litres, vegetable stock, we sometimes use Knorr stock pots
75 grams, small pasta shapes, or spaghetti broken into 1 inch pieces
Salt and pepper
1 tablespoon of parmesan cheese, grated

Here is how you make Soup, Maureen?s Minestrone Soup:

Heat the oil in a large saucepan and add the garlic, onion, and thyme and fry for 3 minutes, stirring all the time until soft but not brown.Add the bacon, carrots, leeks, turnips, red peppers, and chopped tomatoes (including the juice from the cans) to the pan and cook over a medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until the vegetables are soft.Add the tomato puree, cabbage, fine beans, and cannellini beans, and then stir well.Slowly stir in the vegetable stock, quick soup mix and pasta shapes, add a dash of salt and pepper, then bring to the boil, lower the heat, and simmer for about 35 minutes.Sprinkle some parmesan cheese over the top serve and enjoy! Serving Size:?12 BowlsNumber of Servings: 14Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ASTROCHEF.

The nutritional information for Soup, Maureen?s Minestrone Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 14
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 176.6

• Total Fat: 6.2 g
• Cholesterol: 6.3 mg
• Sodium: 210.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 23.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.8 g
• Protein: 8.5 g

Soup, Maureen?s Minestrone Soup is Italian cuisine.

The dietary needs meet for Soup, Maureen?s Minestrone Soup is Low Fat