Thursday Thirteen #16 - Minestrone

This week, I'm going to share with you my favorite and easy Minestrone recipe. My kids love it, and I love it. It tastes great, and for least amount of effort. Just the type of dish I like to make lately.

It has 13 ingredients, plus the cheese. If you don't have Northern beans, you can replace it with some white beans, and for kidney beans, another reddish-looking beans.
1. 1 cup thinly sliced celery, about 1 small stalk
2. 1 cup sliced zucchini, about 1 small
3. 1 cup shredded cabbage
4. 1/2 cup chopped onion, about 1 medium
5. 1/2 cup uncooked elbow macaroni, or broken up spaghetti
6. 1 1/4 cup water
7. 2 tsp vegetable bouillon granules
8. 1 tsp Italian seasoning
9. 1 clove garlic, crushed
10. 1 can (28 oz) whole tomatoes, undrained
11. 1 can (15 oz) Great Northern beans, undrained
12. 1 can (8 oz) kidney beans, undrained
13. 1 can (8 oz) whole kernel corn, undrained

and grated Parmesan cheese
Heat all ingredients except cheese to boiling in Dutch oven, breaking up tomatoes; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until macaroni is tender. Serve with cheese.

6 servings
305 cal/serving
3 g fat/serving

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25 comments:

Di said...

I am printing this out and am going to try it! My husband is in the produce biz, so I love the veggie aspects!

Unknown said...

I love Minestrone - thanks for sharing your recipe. My MIL comes to visit us for a week by reason of our sons christening... I´m going to serve it while she´s here =)

armywife said...

i've never made minestrone but i'm always looking for great recipes. thanks for sharing and happy TT

Anonymous said...

What a great idea for a TT posting. I love that your recipe includes lots of veggies. I've saved to my desktop. Will keep you posted as to how it turns out. My TT is all about feeding the mind this week ~ movies that made me go HMMM. Have a great week, XINE

-atomik kitten said...

Yum! Yum! Yum!!

EHT said...

Interesting twist on a 13 list. I love recipes where I just dump and stir. Thanks!

Anonymous said...

I love minestrone...and I love my dutch oven!

Raggedy said...

Yummy TT!
Thanks for the recipe!
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Mia said...

Great list!

Cool idea, and looks so good.

Happy TT!

Caylynn said...

That sounds yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe - I'll have to bookmark it for future use. :) Soup is so nice to eat on a cold winter's day.

Thanks for stopping by and happy T13. :)

Anonymous said...

wow seems like a yummmm recipee.. :)

Kristin said...

Mmmmmm!! Sounds very yummy!

Anonymous said...

I love minestrone!!

re:present for your father?how bout a home made cake or some of your dishes?

me,i love to buy my FIL a pair of Pjamas,i dont know,i feel that he doesnt need anything and a pair of pajamas can give him warmth that shows how warm person i am :)

Jessica Morris said...

Mmm! Will have to try it sometime!

Jenny McB said...

Umm- Looks good. Great idea for 13. Will have to check it out.

Barbara said...

I'm sitting here starving, and had to read this good recipe!!

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Girlie said...

I forgot to say that if there is no Dutch Oven available, it will cook just find in a soup pot, or any other thing that can be cover and will hold all the liquid.

I just made this and everyone loves it!

Even my very picky 2 year old.

Anonymous said...

That's one good meal. Will try to cook it once I bought the ingredients.

BTW, The queer chef pimped me here ^_^

Robyn Mills said...

Quick to make, easy to find ingredients - even the beans... and sounds tasty...

TorAa said...

Selfmade Minstrone is one of our top fav soups. But it must be homemade with all the fresh ingrediants.

Thanks for sharing.

Have a great time in the Weekend.

=^.^=

Anonymous said...

TorAa, this might be canned ingredients, but once it is cooked, it doesn't feel like it came from cans at all.

That was my worry when I tried this recipe, but it's actually very good.

RennyBA said...

Minestrone is one of my favorite and even more: now I have a hankering for it just as you have with my Norwegian salmon:-)
Wishing you a wonderful end to your week!

Angelo said...

mmmm that sounds good.... especially on a cold winter's day! Thanks for the recipe, maybe I'll try, or just stock up when my mom to make some hehe :)

Anonymous said...

looks like a delicious meal, happy chinese new year!

Teena in Toronto said...

Thanks for the recipe!

Mine's up too :)