Minestrone Recipe - Cooking Index
Minestrone Recipe - Cooking Index
So full of beans, pasta and veggies -- this Italian soup is a complete meal in a bowl. You can use spaghettini (thin spaghetti) as the pasta in this soup, but almost any pasta will do.
Type: Low Fat| 1 cup | 62g / 2.2oz | Chopped onions |
| 1/4 cup | 27g / 1oz | Chopped celery |
| 3 | Turkey bacon - chopped | |
| 1 | Garlic clove - minced | |
| 3 cups | 711ml | Water |
| 1 | Stewed tomatoes - (14 oz) with juices - chopped | |
| 1/2 cup | 80g / 2.8oz | Canned chick-peas (garganzo beans) - rinsed and drained |
| (or small white beans) | ||
| 1/2 cup | 118ml | Finely-shredded cabbage |
| 1/2 cup | 55g / 1.9oz | Coarsely-chopped carrots |
| 2 tablespoons | 30ml | Minced fresh parsley |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2.5ml | Dried basil |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2.5ml | Dried oregano |
| 1/4 cup | 59ml | Broken spaghettini |
Lightly spray an unheated medium saucepan with olive oil no-stick spray. Add the onions, celery, bacon and garlic. Cook and stir over medium heat until the onions and celery are tender.
Add the water, tomatoes (with juices), chick-peas, cabbage, carrots, parsley, basil and oregano. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat. Cover and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes or until the cabbage and carrots are tender.
Add the spaghettini. Return to a boil, then reduce the heat. Cover and simmer about 10 minutes or until the spaghettini is tender but firm.
This recipe yields 6 main-dish servings.
Nutritional Information Per Serving: Calories: 131; Fat: 2 grams (15% of calories); Cholesterol: 5 milligrams; Sodium: 277 milligrams; Fiber (grams) 7.6.
Source:
Prevention's Recipe Archive at http://www.prevention.com/cooking
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