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minestrone soup

(1 rating)
Squirrelishone avatar
Recipe by
Shirley Murtagh
@Squirrelishone
Winnipeg, MB

This recipe comes from Company's coming "Comfort Cravings" Three books in one. I just made this recipe two days ago and we are still eating it. My husband likes it. It is actually a meal in itself. Serve with bread or crackers.

(1 rating)
yield serving(s)
prep time 15 Min
cook time 10 Hr 20 Min
method Slow Cooker Crock Pot

Ingredients For minestrone soup

  • 6 cups of chicken or vegetable broth
  • 2- 14oz. tins of diced tomatoes with juice
  • 3 cups of thinly sliced leeks white part only. ( used chopped yellow onons)
  • 1 19oz can of white kidney beans rinsed and drained
  • 2 cups of shredded cabbage, lightly packed
  • 1 +3/4 cups diced carrots
  • 1+ 3/4 cups diced celery
  • 2 garlic cloves minced (or 1/2 tsp powder)
  • 1 tsp granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp dried basil
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 cup diced zucchini (with peel)
  • 1 cup frozen cut green beans
  • grated parmesan cheese for garnish

How To Make minestrone soup

  • 1
    Combine first 12 ingredients in a 5 to 7 quart slow cooker.
  • 2
    Cook, covered on low for 9-10 hours or on high 4+1/2 - 5 hours
  • 3
    Add zucchini and green beans. Stir. Cook, covered, on high for about 20 minutes until green beans are tender.
  • 4
    Garnish individual servings with cheese
  • 5
    I added 1 cup thin broken noodles during the last 20 minutes of cooking. This is optional
  • 6
    My slow cooker would not hold all the ingredients so I made this in a very large pot on top of the stove. total time for cooking this way 2+1/2 hrs.
  • 7
    Add more broth if necessary.
  • 8
    Makes 15 cups
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