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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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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Just a note that if you’re making this “vegan” to make sure the pasta is egg free.
Many of the store brands are by default vegan. Look at ingredients on the box. Many are just wheat or semolina
Delicious! Thanks for the minestrone soup recipe 🙂 It was great as is, but also very good if you stir a spoonful of pesto into your bowl with the soup. Also yummy with grated cheese stirred in.
I made this in preparation for the big winter storm thats blowing in to the Northeast USA (-30 below F predicted wind chill for my city). I skipped the salt and added capers, substituted lacinato kale for spinach, and used fire roasted diced tomatoes. Its absolutely delicious. Thank you for keeping me warm through the storm.
Looks incredible! Must try!
But B’ham girl wants to know where you get zucchini in December. 🙂
in Australia 😉 . use other veggies.
Hi I am confused it says to boil the celery and tomato and carrots but in what? It does not say to add water till the later steps…. Please explain….
28 oz of tomatoes will have a lot of juice. So the mixture is wet and will start bubbling and boiling.
Great, simple recipe. I served this alongside carbonara so I took out the noodles and reduced the water. I made this in the pressure cooker for 5 minutes high pressure, QR. Turned out perfect! Thanks richa.
I made this last night and served it with summer rolls for a veg-packed season and ethnic fusion meal. It was probably the best minestrone I’ve made. Thanks for the recipe, Richa! Congratulations on your new book. It looks beautiful. Can’t wait to get my own copy!
Can this be made in the crockpot? Thanks!
I havent tried it, so I am not sure
Glad I found this today, I order Minestrone at Olive Garden, just as good in Summer as Winter.
Loved this recipe. I omitted the spinach and doubled the carrots/zucchini mixture. My husband was impressed with the flavor and couldn’t stop exclaiming while we ate how good it was. Thank you!