{"id":534,"date":"2014-04-29T16:45:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T21:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/?p=534"},"modified":"2018-03-23T00:00:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T05:00:15","slug":"vegetable-minestrone-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/?p=534","title":{"rendered":"Vegetable Minestrone Soup *"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SAM_1500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-535\" src=\"http:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SAM_1500-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SAM_1500-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SAM_1500.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This soup is a winner.\u00a0 I have ALWAYS wanted to make minestrone soup and usually the 20-30 ingredient list scared me off.\u00a0 Finally, I found a recipe that looked similar to an Italian restaurant we recently went to.\u00a0 It&#8217;s perfect.\u00a0 I just suggest cooking it longer than the recipe states to meld the flavors more and make the veggies more tender.\u00a0 If you use veg. stock instead of chicken stock and omit the cheese, it&#8217;s vegan.\u00a0 As usual, I omitted the onion and garlic and opted for powder.\u00a0 For ease I used the crushed tomato can. Enjoy!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>INGREDIENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>4 tsp. olive oil<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 yellow onion, chopped, or onion powder<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">**<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4 garlic cloves, minced<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2 carrots, peeled, halved lengthwise, and thinly sliced<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1-2 celery stalks, thinly sliced, with some celery leaves chopped thin<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 potato (any kind), peeled and cut into 1\/2&#8243; cubes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 medium zucchini, cut into 1\/2&#8243; cubes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1\/4 cup minced fresh basil or 1 T. dried basil<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 tsp. dried oregano, crumbled<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2 large bay leaves<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4 med. tomatoes, peeled cored seeded and chopped &#8211; or 1 large can (28 oz) crushed tomatoes, with juice<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">**<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>5 cups low-sodium chicken broth<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1\/4 lb. green beans, trimmed and cut into 1-in. pieces<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4 oz. rotelle or other tubular pasta (I used 2 oz. uncooked pasta and boiled it separately). <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2 cups cooked and drained white beans, such as Northern beans<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1\/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated (optional)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>3 T. minced parsley<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>To make this IC safe, definitely omit the tomatoes and increase chicken broth to 6-7 cups.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>DIRECTIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>In a large heavy pot, heat olive oil over low heat 1 minute. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Add onions and garlic, saute 5 mins or until soft.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Increase heat to medium and add carrots, celery, potato, zucchini, basil, and oregano.\u00a0 Cook, uncovered, 5 mins, stirring occasionally. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Add tomatoes, chicken broth, and bay leaves.\u00a0 Bring to a boil.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Then reduce heat, simmer uncovered, 20 minutes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Add green beans, cover and simmer 10 mins. or until beans are tender but still crisp.\u00a0 Remove bay leaves.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Drain and add pasta to soup along with beans of your choice. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cook until heated through, about 3-5 minutes.\u00a0 Simmer more if potatoes are not tender.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ladle into bowls and sprinkle with cheese and parsley.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This soup is a winner.\u00a0 I have ALWAYS wanted to make minestrone soup and usually the 20-30 ingredient list scared me off.\u00a0 Finally, I found a recipe that looked similar to an Italian restaurant we recently went to.\u00a0 It&#8217;s perfect.\u00a0 I just suggest cooking it longer than the recipe states to meld the flavors <a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/?p=534\">Continue reading &#8594;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,5,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1679,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions\/1679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}