Minestrone

[ChefJoy]

Yum! I made it on Sunday for after-church company. I cooked the dried beans in the crockpot and made the rest of the soup seperately, so after church I just had to drain & rinse the beans and add them to the soup pot. Served with homemade mediterranean boule and tossed salad and iced tea. Vanilla ice cream with blueberry sauce and coffee finished off our meal nicely! 

[vegansarah]

I make this in my elementary classroom as "Stone Soup" each Thanksgiving. My kids gobble it up!

[smilingstrange]

Delicious! I used kidney beans instead of garbanzos just because of personal preference. But this recipe is really good!

[Bribee]

Delicious! I used kidney beans instead of garbanzos just because of personal preference. But this recipe is really good!

Your picture looks delicious! Where did you get that adorable Chococat bowl?

[uhblondie]

Pretty tasty! I wasn't feeling well today and wanted something chock-full of veggies in the hopes of helping my immune system fight any impending illness (as a student, I can't afford any!!). So as crazy as it is to make soup in 100-degree Florida weather, I did it anyway. :-) I changed it a lot, though, as I always do. I used one can of garbanzos, one can of kidney (out of preference only), LOTS of extra garlic (both minced and powdered), subbed crushed tomatoes, omitted the celery, green pepper and zucchini, added broccoli, frozen green beans and yellow squash, extra herbs plus some ground red pepper and bay leaves, and a bag of "burger" crumbles. By the time I was done, it was so thick it was barely soup anymore!! I'll be adding additional broth tomorrow, but my 10 quart pot was FULL to the BRIM. Didn't matter, it was still yummy. Served it with fresh bread. Next time, I might use spinach instead of broccoli, only one can of beans, and used diced tomatoes plus some tomato sauce or paste rather than the crushed tomatoes. :-)

[aziz_esroh]

I honestly don't think I've ever cooked soup from a recipe before, so I didn't let myself experiment so I could get the real experience =)
The only things I changed were to leave out the salt (I rarely cook with it) and to switch the positions of the potatoes and celery (since potatoes take longer to cook). It smelled really good while it was cooking, especially after the first addition, when it was herbs, onions, potatoes, garlic, and carrots. It also tastes pretty good, but maybe not worth the stress of following a recipe.

[aziz_esroh]

I take that back--after having another bowl after the soup had been sitting out for a couple of hours, it's fabulous!

[jennieishardcore]

it was prett groovy, it was more stew like for me, but i dig a thick soup.
i only used 1 can of the beans with the liquid cause i thought it would make it too salty.
I also used red wine in it in place of a cup the the brooth and use 1/2 cup of onions cause i thought that was  a little much.
my boyfriend loved it he had 3 bowels of it.

 

[Jillybean77]

Super yummy and lots left for lunch for the next 2 days!!! Thanks!

[amymylove]

  This is AMAZING! I'm eating it as we speak... i followed the recipe exactly except for eyeballing everything... 5 stars... I WILL be making this all the time! Thank u <3

[thirteenblackbirds]

Excellent Recipe! I did make some changes.. I cut down the garbanzo beans to 1 can cause I dont care for them, no salt, and added 2 tablespoons or so balsamic vinegar, some red wine, tomato paste (ketchup!), and fresh spinach.  This is now one of my favorite soup recipes!

[zfanatique]

Very Yummy and healthy.  Good Recipe!

[veg_love]

Mmmm good soup.  Two teaspoons of salt seemed like too much when using it in conjuntion with vegetable broth, so I only put in a single teaspoon and it tasted perfectly fine in the end; it definitely would have been too salty if I had included the original amount of salt called for in the recipe.  I used cavatelli instead of macaroni or shells (out of necessity), and only one can of chickpeas.  Thanks for posting a solid recipe!

[erinmonster5]

I followed the recipe pretty closely, except that I left out the celery and only used one can of chickpeas, but it was way too much pasta for the amount of broth - I barely had any liquid left.  Next time I would only use 1/3 - 1/2 cup of pasta and probably up the broth by a cup or two.  Still very good though.