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Vegan Minestrone – White Bean Soup with Elbows, Veggies, Basil and vegan parmesan. Can be gluten-free, nut-free. Soy-free Vegan Dairy-free Recipe.
Winter greys were bringing me down, so I decided it was time to whip up my minestrone.
One pot, tomatoey bowl of goodness filled with veggies, beans and pasta. Use any beans or combination of beans and pasta of choice. Use up any leftover veggies. The soup inevitably becomes everything but the kitchen sink soup, except probably okra. No okra for me in soup. I like my minestrone less tomatoey. Some canned tomatoes work out great instead of paste. Add some tomato paste for a thicker soup or for flavor if needed. Garnish with basil and vegan parmesan. Serve with crusty bread, garlic rolls or crackers.
It snowed a bit today in Seattle and my playlist is on holiday song repeats. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas….. Time to whip up cookies and gingerbread things.
More Soups and Stews. This easy creamy filling Broccoli Slaw Soup, Turkish lentil soup, Turmeric Laksa Curry Soup with fresh turmeric root, 15 min Indian Spiced tomato Soup, Curried Butternut Squash Soup with toasted pepitas or Mushroom chickpea greens soup.
I am thankful to have Drizzle and Shine in Seattle making it easy to shop ethical clothing. Finding options that are made of natural plant material is somewhat easy, but finding clothes that are not made in sweatshops, by child labor, by exploited labor, is fair trade, organic and uses sustainable and ethical practices, can take up hours to search for. Jean makes it all easy by doing all that research and curating some in her store. We got a Save the Duck winter jacket that uses no down feathers.
In other fun news, Peta India sent out a Vegan gift basket to 140 celebrities from the film industry(Bollywood) in India and they included my cookbook! I am not sure if all the packages will get to people and if they will open them. I mentioned the book to a few of the celebs on twitter and did get a few tweets back, so yay! Please do retweet some of my tweets so they/their cooks get the book and try some amazing vegan food.
Vegan Minestrone - Veggies Pasta & White Bean Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup chopped onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 3/4 cup chopped carrots
- 28 oz can diced tomato
- 15 oz can cannellini beans, or other white beans or a combinationof white and kidney beans
- 1 cup chopped zucchini
- 3 cups water
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- 1/4 tsp thyme
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 cup elbows or other pasta, use gluten-free if needed
- 1 cup baby spinach
- 3 tbsp chopped basil
- vegan parmesan, for garnish - optional
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and cook until translucent. 4 mins.
- Add celery, carrots and tomato and bring to a boil. 4 to 5 mins.
- Add the beans, zucchini, water, salt and spices and cook for 15 to 18 minutes.
- Add 1/2 cup pasta and simmer for 12 or more minutes. Taste and adjust salt, herbs and heat.
- Fold in spinach and 2 tbsp chopped basil and simmer for another minute. Serve hot garnished with fresh basil and vegan parmesan.
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My family loves this soup!!
awesome!
I needed something to tide me through this week, we are finally getting some cold winter weather (something I wish we had more of) and I wanted to make some kind of soup. Nothing nicer or more comforting for winter. Minestone brings back memories of real winter like I used to have the prairies. This recipe is a keeper, the soup turned out brilliant. I made a double batch so I’ve got some for lunches over the next few days. One change was instead of water I used vegetable broth that I whipped up the night before.
How well does this feeeze? Should I make ahead without the pasta, freeze and then cook up some noodles when ready to eat? I usually only freeze puréed soups so not sure how the noodles or beans hold up.
Thank you!
Yes, the pasta will most likely get over cooked when reheated, so freeze the soup without the pasta and add cooked pasta when reheating.
My absolute favorite :):)
Cold night in Detroit tonight that needed a warm bowl of soup. There was some squash left from the squash pilaf (another great recipe here) so that went in with everything else above. I had bought some pasta , made from chickpeas by a young company in Detroit with a cool name of Banza, that has been sitting in the pantry for 3 months trying to find its way to a pot so that went in. Came out great. Ate the first bowl as is. Added crushed chili flakes to the second bowl but really that was not needed as the black pepper was more than enough heat to warm me up. Thank you for another great recipe.
This look so delicious, Richa! Minestrone is one of my most favorite soups 🙂
Mine too! once I started making at home. so much better!
I love minestrone soup, it’s always delicious and so comfy for dinner. This is exactly what I need whit this cold weather 🙂
Ooh! This looks perfect for a cold, wintery evening. I will give it a try. I also want to thank you for the shout out. I’m so glad you found my store and share my concerns for animals, planet, and people. I hope you like your Save the Duck jacket. Today’s a good day for it!
I have been living in that jacket!