Low Fat Minestrone Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Combine Italian seasoning, onion powder, garlic powder, celery seed, parsley, thyme, basil, oregano, salt, black pepper, and bay leaf in a small bowl.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes. Drain.
• Heat olive oil and butter together in a large saucepan over medium-high heat; cook and stir carrot, celery, and onion until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes. Add garlic, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, zucchini, and Italian seasoning mixture; stir to combine.
• Stir tomatoes and their juice, tomato sauce, three bean salad, green beans, and chicken stock into seasoned vegetable mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until flavors are blended, about 30 minutes. Stir in elbow macaroni before serving.

Steps:

• In a sprayed pot, fry onions, garlic, seasonings (not bullion paste!); then add water, bullion paste and then rest of vegetables, and uncooked pasta.
• Mix in prepared paste in soup; simmer for 1 hour. Taste and correct spices (leave soup out so soup can become a soup/stew (pasta thickens).

Steps:

• Heat oil in 8 qt dutch oven over medium heat.
• Cook garlic and onion in oil about 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except cheese, break up tomatoes.
• Heat to boiling; reduce heat.
• Cover and simmer 1 hour.
• Serve with grated parmesan cheese.
• Freezes well.
• Sometimes I cook pasta and add it to the bowl before I ladle out the soup, but it is good as is. Don't add the pasta directly to the soup as it will break down and become a starchy mess.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Sauté onion, celery and garlic in oil in large pot or Dutch oven.
• Add water and bouillon cubes and bring to a boil to dissolve cubes.
• Drain tomatoes and add liquid to pot.
• Chop tomatoes and add with pasta shells.
• Cook for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add seasonings (and feel free to adjust seasonings to taste), vegetables and beans.
• Simmer 15 minutes to heat through.

Steps:

• Cover beans with water. Soak overnight.
• The second day drain beans. Meanwhile bring water to a boil; add bouillon cubes, stirring to dissolve. Add canned tomatoes, cabbage, onion, carrots, celery, tomatoes, potatoes, parsley, garlic, marjoran, thyme, oregano and pepper.
• Return to a boil, lower heat; simmer on low for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile cook spaghetti separately according to package directions. Drain, cover and set aside.
• Portion spaghetti into individual bowls. Ladle soup over noodles.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; add pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain.
• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat; add orange bell pepper, red bell pepper, celery, carrots, and garlic. Cook and stir until slightly tender, about 5 minutes.
• Pour tomato soup plus 1/2 can water into saucepan. Add potatoes, chicken broth, basil, onion powder, salt, and pepper; stir to combine. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until flavors combine, about 1 hour. Serve over cooked pasta.