Chunky minestrone soup

Chunky minestrone soup

The perfect solution to a cold night in? A warming bowl of this home-made chunky soup.

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 - 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian, Low-fat, Super healthy

Fibre, good source of iron, folic acid, 5-a-day

Method

  1. In a food processor, whizz the carrots, onion and celery into small pieces. Heat the oil in a pan, add the processed vegetables, garlic and potatoes, then cook over a high heat for 5 mins until softened.
  2. Stir in the tomato purée, stock and tomatoes. Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat and simmer, covered, for 10 mins.
  3. Tip in the beans and pasta, then cook for a further 10 mins, adding the cabbage for the final 2 mins. Season to taste and serve with crusty bread.

Per serving

420 kcalories, protein 18.0g, carbohydrate 79.0g, fat 6.0 g, saturated fat 1.0g, fibre 16.0g, sugar 24.0g, salt 1.11 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2007.

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  • 15 August 2009

    dogduck commented on this recipe

    wot a soup or more like a meal made my own bread to go with this a bottle of red

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  • 15 September 2009

    emmak99 rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    not good at all, very bland and it makes enough to feed about 10 not 4!

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  • 09 October 2009

    nicnaknoonah commented on this recipe

    mmm yummy soup, even the not so enthusiastic husband loved it!

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  • 15 October 2009

    Strawberry Moomilker commented on this recipe

    This was a fantastic soup. My husband was feeling under the weather and I found this recipe...adapted it to what veg I had in. The whole family loved it. I will definitley be be making this again but with some chili flakes for that extra kick.

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  • 16 October 2009

    Natalie rated this recipe

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  • 20 October 2009

    MissB1983 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I tried this recipe tonight and im delighted with the results! Which is just aswell really given that I now have enough to feed a small army!It was certainly the perfect remedy to a cold and wet highland night! I also swapped the celery for 3 leeks and added an extra 2 tbl spoons of tomato puree to give a little more depth of flavour and colour. 5 out of 5 from a very fussy vege........

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  • 22 October 2009

    Beth rated this recipe

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  • 27 October 2009

    thynk2much rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Adored this - fully agree that this makes 6 big servings or 8 normal ones. Agreed also that adding a pinch of dried chillies is a really nice enhancement to the tomato flavour!

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  • 20 November 2009

    Liezel rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Too acidic and nothing special

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  • 20 November 2009

    Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    This was huge!! I didn't have a pan big enough to fit 2L of stock into so the result was quite thick. Also, I used spinach instead of cabbage. Good taste though.

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  • 02 December 2009

    Aimee commented on this recipe

    Delicious! I'm overweight and constantly monitoring my calorie intake. Soups usually leave me unfulfilled but I've found this soup to be very satisfying.

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  • 20 December 2009

    mr_rush rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Easy to make and very tasty. I added a bay leaf at the beginning and a red chilli when simmering to give it a little kick. Next time I won't use a food processor for the veg as I prefer mine more chunky.

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  • 01 April 2010

    HRoss rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    This was really wholesome and satisfying - it went down well with my husband and also was enough to freeze for another night!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 - 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian, Low-fat, Super healthy

Fibre, good source of iron, folic acid, 5-a-day

Comforting and superhealthy

Ingredients

  • 3 large carrots , roughly chopped
  • 1 large onion , roughly chopped
  • 4 celery sticks, roughly chopped
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves , crushed
  • 2 large potatoes , cut into small dice
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • 2l vegetable stock
  • 400g can chopped tomatoes
  • 400g can butter or cannellini beans
  • 140g spaghetti , snapped into short lengths
  • 1⁄2 head Savoy cabbage , shredded
  • crusty bread , to serve
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Per serving

420 kcalories, protein 18.0g, carbohydrate 79.0g, fat 6.0 g, saturated fat 1.0g, fibre 16.0g, sugar 24.0g, salt 1.11 g

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