Simple to prepare, this healthy, vegan soup is comforting and delicious!
The weather is getting chilly! This is when most people start making comfort foods, just like this soup. You see, I am one if the weird people that eats soup all year long. I am obsessed with all things soup.
This soup can be ready in 30 minutes. On those busy weeknights when you are going in a million different directions? Yeah, you know what I mean. You can make this soup, help with the kids’ homework AND try to fix your laptop all at the same time. Trust me, I’ve been there.
This soup came out delicious. It’s one of those recipes that I have been making for ages but just forgot to put on my blog. When I saw Barilla Pronto in Stop & Shop I knew I had to make Minestrone Soup with it. Let’s make it even easier. Fist bump.
These days I am loving any recipe that can be made ahead of time. Because let’s be honest, even if a recipe only takes 30 minutes to make, if you get home at 8:00 at night, you don’t want to cook anything! Make it ahead of time and spend less time in the kitchen! I have also frozen this soup and it defrosted perfectly. I plan on making a double batch of this soup for those cold, busy nights and freezing half of it. Again, I am all about simplifying.
Let’s talk about simplifying a bit. Did you know that you can buy onion, carrots and celery already diced and ready to make soup? I buy it all the time! It’s called mirepoix and you can find in grocery stores. Because some days, you don’t even have time to chop vegetables. And that’s ok.
After you let these veggies soften a bit, you ad the chopped zucchini, tomatoes and seasonings. I always buy grape tomatoes because it takes you a minute to slice them in half. You can already tell that this is going to taste fantastic just by looking at this picture…
Easy Minestrone Soup
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 small onion diced
- 4 cloves garlic diced
- 2 carrots peeled and diced
- 1 celery stalk diced
- 2 small zucchini chopped
- 1 cup grape tomatoes halved
- 1 teaspoon basil
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon rosemary
- 5 cups vegetable broth
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups pinto beans
- 1 cup kidney beans
- 1/2 cup Barilla Pronto Elbows
- 2 cups baby spinach
Instructions
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Cook onion, garlic, carrots and celery in a medium saucepan or dutch oven over medium-low heat for 3-4 minutes until softened.
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Add zucchini, tomatoes, basil, oregano, salt and rosemary and mix well. Cook for another 5 minutes until softened.
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Add beans, broth and water and bring to a boil over high heat.
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Reduce heat and simmer for another 15 minutes.
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Add Barilla Pronto Elbos and cook for another 5-7 minutes.
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Add spinach and mix until it wilts.
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Serve immediately.
Make sure you grab some New Barilla Pronto Pasta next time you shop at Stop & Shop, Giant Food Stores, or Martin’s Food Markets. Barilla Pronto Pasta is also available through Peapod! I looooove me some Peapod. ENJOY!
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What a delicious and nutritious soup, Lauren. Love the Barilla Pronto. Helps get healthy on the table faster!!!! Score.
Thank you Allie!
My soup pot lives on my stove from the fall through winter. This minestrone soup will definitely be made. 🙂
I hope you enjoy it too Ramona!
Lauren, this looks so freshing and inviting. Perfect for a fall, chilly day!
Thanks Sandy!
I’m going to have to look for these noodles. Such a great idea.
They are fantastic Barbara!
I love soups like this – especially because it only takes 30 min!
Oh I am with you Stephanie!
I’m obsessed with soup too – my husband makes fun of me! I eat it all year. Love this recipe!
I could live on this soup day in/day out. So colorful and delicious! And those pronto noodles are genius!
I didn’t know about mirepoix! Very cool. Just like that pasta! They’re new to me. And this soup looks so warm and comforting. 🙂
I love all the vegetables in this!!
I love how chock-full of goodness this is! I love hearty soups that are also brothy…so this sounds like something I need to try.
Delicious and nutritious – now that’s the perfect combinations! Looks and sounds so tasty!
30 minutes…that is one of the many reasons I love homemade soups for dinner. This one looks like it would warm me to my toes!
I have not heard of mirepoix and it looks really great for those nights when you only have minutes. Your minestrone sounds wonderful and love that pasta!
I’ve been so ready for fall to arrive out west here so that we can enjoy soups like this one!
I can’t wait to try this. I’m not a big soup girl but I love minestrone for some reason. It’s so yummy. Looking forward to getting my soup grub on.
Freezing soup is such a great idea. This minestrone soup looks super healthy and delicious! I can’t wait to try it!
I’ve heard about those pronto noodles but have yet to pick them up. I love the idea of being able to make such a delicious and easy soup ready in just 30 minutes!
Wow! So simple and fresh. Love it!
Hi may I know for oregano rosemary n basil..r u using fresh ones or dried ones? Thanks
Hi Karen, I used dried seasonings! I hope you like it!!
I’m guessing you are using canned beans? I’m guessing using dried beans would take much longer.. ?
Hi Kristin! I used fresh green beans but you can definitely use canned or frozen if you’d like. Thank you!
Everytime I look at you and those 3 precious boys (who remind me of my 3 precious men now), I just smile, Lauren! I love to share w/them easy recipes that give them no excuses not to cook! Thanks, luv! xo
Oh I love hearing that! Love you Ally!
A double batch sounds perfect!! I’d be happy to eat this all week long!!
Me too!
love this soup!
Thank you Alice!
This is my kind of recipe! It looks so good I wish I had a bowl now!
Thanks Megan!
Loooove minestrone soup. Such a comforting soup and love the Barilla pronto pasta – definitely makes dinner cooking easier and saves time!
Thank you Vicky!
my daughter loves veggies (THANKFULLY!), I bet she would love this soup
I hope she likes it Nicole! Thanks so much!
So hearty and delicious! This looks perfect!
I love this soup and so does my two year old. I have also used an immersion blender to partially blend the soup (leaving out the noodles). Perfect for rainy days here in Bermuda.
Thanks so much, I am so glad you like it Laura! And I am jealous you live in Bermuda 🙂