Article contributed by Ligia Lugo of The Daring Kitchen.
Winter season is all about making a one-pot dish, filling soups, casseroles, or any other item that doesn’t require us to stay out of bed for long!
So, keeping up with the winter cooking tradition, here we are sharing with you a fabulous, easy to prepare, and quite addictive soup recipe that is extremely bright and colorful too. Adding plenty of colorful ingredients to this dish not only makes it even more pleasing to the eyes (particularly when it is all white that you can see for miles altogether), but it shoots its nutritional value by leaps and bounds as well. So, it’s pretty much a win-win situation for all.
This soup has a great mix of proteins, carbs, and plenty of vegetables, which is suitable for people of all age groups. It is so filling that you won’t even require another dish to accompany it and kids would be most happy having it as they get to enjoy their beloved pasta in it too!
To prepare this soup in the most convenient way, we recommend you to use a crockpot. This way, the soup will turn out more flavorful as it will cook slowly in its ingredients and you don’t even have to worry about checking it repeatedly. To find the best crockpot to meet your requirements, you may check out reviews on Thedaringkitchen.com, which we have curated for you all. Here you can look for the most efficient, feasible, and trendy crockpots to meet your daily cooking needs.
With everything in place, including the cooking appliance, you must be all set to gather the ingredients and prepare this amazing soup for everyone to enjoy!
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Winter Minestrone
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Total Time: 40m
- Yield: 3-4 1x
Description
This soup has a great mix of proteins, carbs, and plenty of vegetables, which is suitable for people of all age groups. It is so filling that you won’t even require another dish to accompany it and kids would be most happy having it as they get to enjoy their beloved pasta in it too!
Ingredients
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 small onion, peeled and chopped
2 large cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
1 teaspoon fresh oregano
2 sprigs of rosemary
Salt, to taste
Black pepper powder, to taste
1 cup Swiss chard, roughly sliced
½ cup celery, chopped
½ cup pancetta, diced
1 cup carrot, peeled and cubed
3 cups homemade vegetable broth
1 cup red ripe tomatoes, chopped
½ cup tomato paste
¼ cup macaroni pasta
½ cup kidney or cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
Instructions
1. Heat olive oil in the crock pot and sauté onion and garlic in it for a minute.
2. Add pancetta to it and cook it for another 2 minutes.
3. Stir in tomatoes and cook until it is soft. Now, add tomato paste, carrots, celery, and cook it a little more until the vegetables are slightly soft.
4. Add the beans, oregano, rosemary, Swiss chard, pepper, salt, and broth to the pot. Let the soup come to a boil.
5. Now, add the pasta and cook soup until the pasta is cooked to the desired degree of doneness.
6. Adjust the seasoning, remove rosemary sprig, cover, and simmer for another 2 minutes.
7. Serve the hot soup and enjoy!
Keywords: winter minestrone
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