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Healthy & Easy Minestrone Recipe : the best one pot meal

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Today is definitely a soup day. And just the perfect day for a Healthy + Easy Minestrone! The best one pot meal! This easy minestrone recipe is also gluten free and vegan – making it a perfect meal for everyone! 

A pot like this should last a couple of days – it makes the best leftovers!!

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Healthy + Easy Minestrone Soup

A deliciously amazing and healthy gluten free and naturally vegan minestrone recipe.

Ingredients :
2 tablespoons grape seed oil
1 medium onion, diced
2 carrots, peeled and diced
1 celery stalk, diced
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 teaspoon chili-flakes 
1 796-mL can diced organic tomatoes
1 540-mL can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed (or with the liquid for a creamier soup)
3/4 cup/ handful gluten-free spaghetti pasta (torn into 3 sections)
2 cups packed chopped kale or spinach
 
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil or parsley for topping
 
Directions :
  • Heat a large pot over medium heat.
  • Add oil, then onion, carrot, celery, garlic. Cook until vegetables are slightly tender, about 3 min.
  • Add tomatoes, beans, and pasta and 1-2 cups boiling water or more (from a kettle). Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer. Cook until pasta is tender, 10 to 11 min.
  • Stir in kale and turn off heat. (the kale will cook with the heat of the soup but not overcook). 
  • Serve with fresh parsley.

 

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This is also a soup I make when I want to clean out the fridge. I always stock up on canned tomatoes and beans and gluten-free pasta is in my pantry at all times. So this soup easily comes together on busy nights or when there’s ‘nothing in the fridge’. Also it still works if you are missing a vegetable or two and have something else on hand like zucchini. It’s just the best and there are hundreds of variations for Minestrone – but this THIS is our favourite!

And best of all, it’s so easy to make a Minestrone Soup ~ it’s a family favourite here as everyone including my husband and kids love it! I hope you’ll make it ASAP!

 

Comments

  4. Can I use olive oil instead of grape oil? Or is the grape oil extremely necessary for this particular recipe? I don’t have all the ingredients in this recipe.

    • Hi Nely,
      Any neutral oil will work :)
      I love grapeseed oil because it tolerates higher temperatures (as opposed to olive oil which is best eaten cold as salad dressing for example) but of course breaking these rules is ok and it will work great too in terms of taste :)
      Hope you enjoy this recipe soon! xox ella

    • Hi JoAnne,
      Thanks for your question… I would say definitely 6.
      I cook to have leftovers for the next day for a small family so it makes a big pot.
      Of course, it all depends on our serving size and bowl size :)
      Hope you enjoy it! Let me know if you have any feedback :)
      <3 ella