Recipe: Appetizing My Mother's Veggie Minestrone Soup

My Mother's Veggie Minestrone Soup. This lentil soup is easy to make and tastes incredible! Minestrone soup is an Italian classic! This version is made with cannellini beans, chicken stock, cabbage, potato, zucchini, carrots, plum tomatoes, and Parmesan cheese.

Lots of fresh vegetables and elbow macaroni in a hearty chicken stock are the stars of this standard minestrone. The recipe calls for only minced garlic, dried parsley, and salt for seasoning -- great when you are using really fresh and flavorful produce. This soup is packed with veggies and beans, vegetables, seasonings. You can have My Mother's Veggie Minestrone Soup using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of My Mother's Veggie Minestrone Soup

1. It's 1 clove of Garlic.
2. You need 1 of Bay leaf.
3. Prepare 3 slice of ✿ Bacon.
4. Prepare 1/2 of ✿ Onion.
5. Prepare 1/2 of ✿ Carrot.
6. Prepare 1 of ♡ Green bell pepper.
7. Prepare 1 of ♡ Potato.
8. It's 1/2 stalk of ♡ Celery.
9. You need 1 can of + 2 cans worth of water ♡ Canned tomatoes, water.
10. You need 2 of ♡ Consomme bouillon cubes.
11. You need 1 of ♥ Salt and pepper.
12. Prepare 1 tbsp of ♥ Tomato ketchup.
13. It's 1 of Parmesan cheese.
14. It's 1 of Dried celery and parsley.

My only problem with meatless soups is that sometimes they're not very filling, but not so with this one. This thing is packed with veggies and beans- and honestly, just by looking at the recipe it doesn't look all that impressive. Hearty and veggie-packed vegan minestrone soup. This delicious soup is perfect comfort food, and more like a stew than a soup.

My Mother's Veggie Minestrone Soup step by step

1. Combine olive oil, garlic, and the bay leaf in a pot, turn on the heat, then sauté..
2. When the garlic becomes aromatic, add the ingredients marked ✿, and sauté..
3. When the ingredients from Step 2 are lightly cooked, (when the onions become translucent), add the ingredients marked with ♡, and increase to high heat..
4. Bring to a boil, skim the scum, simmer on low heat, then add the ingredients marked with ♥ to taste..
5. Season with grated Parmesan cheese and parsley..
6. Add plenty of melting cheese and make soup pasta meal out of it..
7. Or, use it as topping for buttered rice with cheese and make doria..

Of course I've heard of this soup, and maybe I've had a packet version before or something, but a hearty wholesome homemade version like this? Whether you say minestrone soup like the Italians, aka "min eh stron ee" or "min eh stron eh", this soup is the perfect gateway to woo non-veggie lovers into getting a head start on their five a day. It's brothy and flavorful with potatoes, pasta, and cheese that makes the veggies more than palatable. Try our instant pot beef and veggie minestrone soup recipe. See a full list of ingredients, macros and how to prepare this soup step by step.