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How to Prepare Favorite Meatless Main Dish Minestrone

 ·  ☕ 6 min read  ·  ✍️ Curtis Richardson

Meatless Main Dish Minestrone

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, meatless main dish minestrone. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Minestrone (/ˌmɪnɪsˈtroʊni/; Italian: [mineˈstroːne]) is a thick soup of Italian origin made with vegetables, often with the addition of pasta or rice, sometimes both. I honestly can't get enough of this delicious minestrone soup! Hope you enjoy this tutorial on how to make it, and please let me know if you try it! Vegetable stock (water, root vegetables, herbs), whole peeled tomatoes, tomato paste, round cabbage, onions, zucchini, red kidney beans, carrots, celery, macaroni (durum wheat), parmesan cheese, potatoes, leeks, garlic Be the first to review "Meatless Minestrone" Cancel reply.

Meatless Main Dish Minestrone is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Meatless Main Dish Minestrone is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have meatless main dish minestrone using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Meatless Main Dish Minestrone:
  1. Prepare 6 tbsp butter
  2. Prepare 5-6 large carrots, sliced
  3. Take 2 medium celery stalks
  4. Get 2 medium onions, minced
  5. Make ready 1 garlic clove
  6. Make ready 1 medium head green cabbage (about 1.5 lb.), coarsely sliced
  7. Make ready 1 (28 oz.) can of tomatoes, chopped (save liquid)
  8. Get 8 cups water
  9. Make ready 1/3 cup regular long-grain rice or orzo
  10. Prepare 2 teaspoons salt
  11. Take 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  12. Get 1/4 teaspoon oregano leaves
  13. Take 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  14. Make ready 4 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces
  15. Get 4 beef boullion cubes
  16. Prepare 2 large zucchini, cut into bite-sized pieces
  17. Make ready 2 15.25-20 oz. cans red kidney beans, drained
  18. Prepare 1 (10 oz.) package frozen chopped spinach
  19. Get 1/2 cup grated Parmesan or Romano cheese

The minestrone Triestino, or minestrone from Trieste, also known as 'jota', is a traditional dish in Italy's north-eastern region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in particular in the cities of There are numerous variations of minestrone from Trieste, from ingredients to methods of preparation. Minestrone soup is an Italian classic! This version is made with cannellini beans, chicken stock, cabbage, potato, zucchini, carrots, plum tomatoes, and Parmesan cheese. This favorite Italian soup is made with fresh seasonal vegetables.

Steps to make Meatless Main Dish Minestrone:
  1. In 8 quart dutch oven or stock pot over medium high heat, in hot butter, cook carrots, celery, onions, garlic, and cabbage until vegetables are browned, about 30+ minutes, stirring frequently.
  2. Add tomatoes with their liquid and next 9 ingredients.
  3. Over high heat, heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until vegetables and rice are tender.
  4. Add beans and frozen spinach, cook over medium heat until spinach is cooked and beans are heated through.
  5. Add more water if necessary, as the soup becomes thick upon standing.
  6. Serve with parmesan cheese.

This version is made with cannellini beans, chicken stock, cabbage, potato, zucchini, carrots, plum tomatoes, and Parmesan cheese. This favorite Italian soup is made with fresh seasonal vegetables. This budget minestrone is the classic Italian soup made with cannellini beans and broken up spaghetti. The minestrone is vegetarian, as long as you use vegetable stock. If you have been looking for new ways to stretch your dollars, go meatless one night a week and try this delicious and hearty Minestrone Soup recipe.

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As you can see, you don’t need to consume all that junk food when you wish to feel better! Try some of these hints instead.

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