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Minestrone Soup - Ready to Serve

Minestrone Soup

A healthy, delicious and easy homemade soup perfect for a cold winter afternoon!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Soup
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups Chicken Stock
  • 2 cups Tomato Sauce
  • 1 large Onion diced
  • 3 Carrots diced
  • 3 ribs Celery diced
  • 2 cloves Garlic diced
  • 1 Zucchini diced
  • 1/2 cup Lima Beans
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 1/4 cup Soup Noodles
  • 1/2 tbsp Oregano dried
  • Parmesean Cheese grated (optional)
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
  • 2 tbsp Olive Oil

Method
 

  1. Heat oil in large dutch oven or stock pot, then add onions, carrots and celery and cook on medium heat, stirring constantly.
  2. Once onions are translucent add a pinch on salt, then stir in garlic, zucchini,  beans, bay leaf and tomato sauce and let cook for 5 minutes, then add chicken stock and oregano.
  3. Bring soup to a boil, then lower heat and allow to simmer for 20 minutes.
  4. Add noodles about 5-7 minutes before cooking, discard bay leaf and serve once noodles are cooked with some parmesan sprinkled on top.

Notes

  • Replace chicken stock with vegetable stock to make this a vegetarian soup.