Vegetarian

15 Vegetable Soup - Minestrone style is for Lunch.

15 Vegetable Soup - Minestrone style takes 15 minutes to prepare.

15 Vegetable Soup - Minestrone style takes 30 minutes to cook.

15 Vegetable Soup - Minestrone style makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for 15 Vegetable Soup - Minestrone style are:

1 large brown onion finely chopped
1 leek chopped
1 tblspn extra virgin olive oil
4 cloves of garlic crushed or finely chopped
2 medium carrots cubed
2 cups of butternut (or other) pumpkin cubed
3 stalks of celery cubed
2 medium waxy potatoes cubed (Pontiac)
2 large florets of cauliflower chopped into small pieces
2 medium zucchini (courgettes) cubed
1 cup chopped broccoli
1 cup finely shredded cabbage
1 cup english spinach or silverbeat finely chopped
1 cup frozen peas
1 tin (400gms) red kidney beans (drained and rinsed)
1 tin (375gms) of crushed tomatoes
4 tblspns thick tomato paste
2 chicken (or vegetable) stock cubes dissolved in 1 cup of hot water
plus sufficient hot water to cover the vegetables
Add additional flavour with a dash of Worcestershire sauce, course ground pepper (no added salt), and 1 tblespn dried basil leaves or equivalent paste or fresh.

Here is how you make 15 Vegetable Soup - Minestrone style:

Servings 8* cook onion, leek and garlic in oil on a low heat until softened* turn up the heat and add potato, carrot, celery and cauliflower and heat for a few mins then add pumpkin, and cook a few more mins - do not let the vegetables stick .* add the tinned tomatoes, stock water, tomato paste, and seasoning and add more hot water to cover the vegetables and add the frozen peas.* simmer covered for 20 mins then add beans, zucchini, spinach and cabbage and broccoli and cook for a further 10 mins.* serve by its self for those on a diet (cals listed are for this version) * or with crusty bread and parmesan cheese (and cooked macaroni) for those able to consume more calories,Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MIFFY01.

The nutritional information for 15 Vegetable Soup - Minestrone style is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 152.0

• Total Fat: 0.7 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 465.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 29.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 9.0 g
• Protein: 7.9 g

15 Vegetable Soup - Minestrone style is Italian cuisine.

The dietary needs meet for 15 Vegetable Soup - Minestrone style is Vegetarian