A super easy Minestrone Soup recipe, ready in just 15 minutes. A perfect winter warmer for the whole family!
Along with getting better at meal planning (you can read more about that here!) one of my new year’s resolutions is to make a homemade soup at least once week. Soups can be a great healthy meal for the whole family and are usually very cheap to make. Plus the leftovers are perfect for lunch the next day!
I mentioned that I had a really easy recipe for Minestrone Soup in my meal plan video a couple of weeks ago and several of you guys asked for the recipe… so here it is! It really is super simple, using ingredients that I always have to hand at home and it takes just 15 minutes from start to finish.
I used frozen veggies in my recipe as they are so handy to have in the freezer and cook in no time at all. You can of course use some chopped fresh veggies and instead add them after you fry the onions to ensure they are cooked.
I stopped making soup for quite a long time as I just found it too messy to feed to my toddler but this soup is brilliant as it’s so chunky, meaning you can give toddlers lots of the pasta, beans and veggies and just a small amount of liquid, making it much easier for them to feed themselves.
What are your favourite warming winter soups? Let me know in the comments below. And if you try this recipe please do let me know what you think. Or tag me in a picture on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. I’d love to see your pictures!
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Easy Minestrone Soup
Prep Time: 2 mins- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 17 minutes
Yield: 5-6 1x
Category: Main Meal
Cuisine: Italian
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A super easy Minestrone Soup recipe, ready in just 15 minutes. A perfect winter warmer for the whole family!
Ingredients
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 2 tins chopped tomatoes
- 600ml / 2 & 1/2 cups vegetable stock
- 1/2 tsp dried mixed herbs or dried oregano
- 125g / 4.5 oz dried pasta
- 150g / 1 & 1/2 cups frozen vegetables
- 265g / 1 cup mixed beans (pre-cooked)
- Optional to serve: fresh basil and grated parmesan
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the onions and cook for 2-3 minutes until they start to soften. Add the garlic and cook for another 30 seconds.
- Pour in the tinned tomatoes and vegetable stock. Add the dried herbs and bring to the boil.
- Stir in the pasta and cook for approximately 8 minutes or until the pasta has fully cooked.
- Add the frozen vegetables and mixed beans and cook for another minute or two until they have heated through.
- Serve immediately with a little fresh basil and some grated parmesan.
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Ceri says
March 20, 2018 at 2:26 pmLove this soup! Can’t believe how tasty it is with so little effort. I like making homemade soup but sometimes it just seems to take forever to make it so am really pleased to have found this recipe. Thanks a bunch!
★★★★★
Tracy says
October 26, 2017 at 1:56 pmCan this be frozen (without the pasta)?
Ciara Attwell says
October 29, 2017 at 11:54 amYes it can!
Crystal H. says
January 12, 2017 at 8:51 pmThis looks really good. I’ll definitely try this with my kiddos. Thank you for sharing this recipe! 🙂
Ciara Attwell says
January 13, 2017 at 11:57 amThanks Crystal! Hope you like it!