Recipe: Tantalizing Mighty Minestrone

Mighty Minestrone. A big pot of soup is warm and comforting. Beans and pasta combine to make a complete protein meal. A big pot of soup is warm and comforting.

Mighty Minestrone Soup - Dietitian's Choice Recipe. This lentil soup is easy to make and tastes incredible! Stream Tracks and Playlists from Minestrone on your desktop or mobile device. You can cook Mighty Minestrone using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you create it.

Ingredients of Mighty Minestrone

1. It's 1 of onion, diced.
2. It's 1 of carrot, diced.
3. You need 1 stick of celery, diced.
4. Prepare 2 cloves of garlic, crushed/finely chopped.
5. Prepare 1 of courgette, diced.
6. It's 2 of small pots, diced.
7. You need 2 of heaped tbsp tomato puree.
8. Prepare 1 L of veg stock (I use Kallo).
9. It's 2 of bay leaves.
10. You need 1 can of borlotti beans, drained and rinsed.
11. You need 1 handful of shredded cavolo nero.
12. Prepare 2 handfuls of small pasta or broken up spaghetti.
13. Prepare of Parmesan rinds or vegetarian alternative.
14. It's of Extra virgin or rapeseed oil.
15. It's of Salt and pepper.
16. It's of (Optional) 1 tsp of green pesto.

Minestrone (/ˌmɪnɪsˈtroʊni/; Italian: [mineˈstroːne]) is a thick soup of Italian origin made with vegetables, often with the addition of pasta or rice, sometimes both. Common ingredients include beans, onions, celery, carrots, stock, and tomatoes. Sardinian Longevity Minestrone - inspired by the super-healthy minestrone soup enjoyed by the Sardinian Longevity Minestrone. Mighty Mite USA home page. previous slide.

Mighty Minestrone step by step

1. Add a lug of oil into a large pan. Add the onion, carrot and celery and soften for 5-6 minutes until translucent. Add the garlic and soften for 2 more minutes..
2. Add the tomato puree to the pan, stir and cook out for 2 minutes. Add the potatoes and stock. Bring to the boil then add the courgette, borlotti beans, pasta, Parmesan rinds (or veggi alternative if using), bay leaves and seasoning..
3. Simmer for around 15 mins until the potatoes and pasta are cooked. A couple of minutes from the end, add the cavolo nero and add a drop more water if you need to make it more ‘soupy’..
4. Pull out the rinds and bay leaves. Serve with grated Parmesan and teaspoon of pesto on top of each bowl, if using..
5. Don’t have borlotti beans? Use pinto or cannellini beans -No Parmesan rinds? Don’t let it stop you, just save them in a bag in the fridge or freezer for next time….they keep for ages! -No cavolo nero? Use kale as an alternative or spinach -Feel free to add and interchange vegetables that you have or that need using up..

Join the party and never miss a story. Thick + chunky with veggies, garlic, beans, pesto, tomato sauce. Topped with Parm and served with bread. Follow Minestrone to never miss another show. I recalled a great bowl of minestrone that was overflowing with rich vegetables at the 'Sheepherder's Inn' in Sacramento, California.