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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.
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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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Made a huge pot of this delicious soup for hubs and I to eat all chilly weekend! I used up all the fading veggies, added just a bit of barley, and ramen noodles because they were the only pasta in the pantry! I always toss in a 1/4 lemon during the last 10 minutes of soup boiling to amplify the flavors.
ramen is versatile, right =)
Made this last night. It was so good!
love this. I have been making this for almost a year. It’s simple, super quick and delicious every time!
wow that’s a long minestrone! haha let’s go for another
Made this soup today. Used fire roasted tomatoes because I love a kick to my food! It was off the charts delicious.
Most fantastic vegan minestrone ever! 5 stars all the way! I did use 4 fresh Roma tomatoes, whole wheat elbow noodles and a can of organic tomato paste. I looove the tomato-y goodness! 🙂
aweesome!
Love this recipe-wonderful flavors. I use 4 cups of broth and a full cup of pasta when cooking it for small grandkids. A big hit for ages 1-4-5.
awesome!
Simmering away, smells amazing. Hooray for recipes that help use up the bumper crop of zucchini!
yay
Everyone in my family loves this recipe, even my fussy 2 and 4 year olds. Thanks!
awesome
I am trying to make homemade family meals that everyone will enjoy and this recipe hit it out of the park. My kids loved it. I feel like such a hipocrit for eating healthy and feeding them processed and manufactured crap.
I made this last night and it was so good I had two bowls.
I did make a couple of minor adjustments, but only because I was trying to use what I had on hand to avoid a trip to the grocery store. I used white potatoes instead of pasta, crushed tomatoes with basil instead of diced, two full cans of beans (one kidney and one cannellini, and Italian seasoning instead of other spices because I couldn’t find any oregano. This recipe seems quite versatile and is definitely going in the regular rotation.
Now I’m off to search for another one of your soup recipes to try!
awesome!