Spruced Up Slow Cooker Minestrone Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Combine the first 13 ingredients in a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker. Cook, covered, on low 6-8 hours or until vegetables are tender. Stir in beans, zucchini and pasta. Cook, covered, on high about 30 minutes longer, until pasta is tender. Discard bay leaves. If desired, top with grated Parmesan cheese. Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add water if necessary.

Steps:

• Toss the carrots, leeks, potatoes and fennel with the olive oil in a 6- to 8-quart slow cooker. Add 5 cups water, the tomatoes, parmesan rind, 2 tablespoons pesto, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper. Cover and cook on high until the vegetables are tender, 7 to 8 hours.
• Uncover and stir in the beans and ditalini. Cover and continue cooking on high until the pasta is al dente, about 15 minutes. Remove the parmesan rind. Stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon pesto and season with salt and pepper. Top each serving with more pesto, the parmesan and fennel fronds. Serve with the focaccia.

Steps:

• Pour 1 can red kidney beans, 1 can crushed tomato, and 1 can tomato sauce in crockpot.
• Dice all vegetables into small cubes, and dump into crock pot.
• Pour in chicken stock until about 3/4 full, and stir everything together.
• Turn crock pot on high and let sit until the vegetables are tender (approximately 5 hours).
• Add noodles, and let cook for about a half hour or until they are to the density of your liking.
• Stir in shredded cheese, and 1/2 block of cream cheese. Let simmer until melted and enjoy!
• Add salt and pepper to taste.

Steps:

• Prepare meat and vegetables.
• In a 4 quart slow cooker, combine all ingredients including spices. Cook on Low for 9 to 10 hours.
• If you don't have alphabet macaroni use broken pieces of spagetti.

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease. Transfer beef to a slow cooker.
• Add pinto beans, minestrone soup, corn, green beans, diced tomatoes, and diced tomatoes and green chiles. Stir and close the lid.
• Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours or on High for 4 hours.

Steps:

• In a crock pot, combine beef with water, onion, salt, thyme, parsley, pepper, and tomatoes. Cover and cook on low for 7 to 9 hours. Remove beef bones (if using beef shank); cut up meat and return to pot. Turn control to high. Add zucchini, beans, cabbage, and macaroni. Cover and cook on high for 30-45 minutes or until the macaroni/vegetables are tender. Sprinkle with cheese.

Steps:

• Combine vegetable broth, tomatoes, kidney beans, onion, celery, carrots, green beans, zucchini, garlic, parsley, oregano, salt, thyme, and black pepper in a 6-quart slow cooker.
• Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.
• 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.
• Stir spinach and macaroni into minestrone; cook another 15 minutes. Top with Parmesan cheese.

Steps:

• In a 5-quart slow cooker/crock pot, combine the first 9 ingredients; cover and cook on high for 1 hour.
• Reduce heat to low; cook for 6 hours or until vegetables are almost tender.
• During the last 30 minutes of cooking, stir in the macaroni.
• Cover and cook until macaroni is tender.
• Stir in the tomatoes and spinach; heat through.
• Serve and enjoy! :).

Steps:

• In a medium skillet, brown ground beef until completely cooked.
• Place your ground beef, diced tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, celery, onion, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper into your slow cooker.
• Add in beef stock, water, and tomato juice.
• Cover and cook on low heat 6-8 hours or high 3-4 hours.
• After cooking time is up, add in red kidney beans, cannellini beans, zucchini, pasta, and green beans. Cook on high heat for an additional 15 minutes or until pasta is tender.

Steps:

• In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 10 ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until vegetables are tender., Stir in the beans, spinach and macaroni. Cover and cook 15 minutes longer or until heated through. Sprinkle with cheese. Freeze option: Cool soup and transfer to freezer containers. Freeze for up to 3 months. To use frozen soup, thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Transfer to a saucepan. Cover and cook over medium heat until heated through. Sprinkle with cheese.

Steps:

• In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the first nine ingredients. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour. Reduce heat to low; cook for 6-8 hours or until vegetables are almost tender., During the last 30 minutes of cooking, stir in the macaroni. Cover and cook until macaroni is tender. Stir in the tomatoes and spinach; heat through.

Steps:

• Add all your ingredients into the slow cooker with the exception of the noodles.
• Cook on low for 4-6 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.
• Add the cooked noodles in just before serving.
• Note: Feel free to mix and match the beans and veggies with what you have available in your fridge and pantry.