"Minestrone Soup is the perfect cold-weather comfort food! 😍❄️It’s filling, healthy, and tastes
INCREDIBLE - thanks to Muir Glen organic tomatoes - and it’s ready in under an hour!
What more could you ask for from your winter comfort food? This is *chefs kiss* perfection!👩🏼🍳🎉
I bought these tomatoes from my local co-op - you should do! Find out what co-op is closest to you here
https://www.strongertogether.coop/all-coops"
Healthy Hearty Minestrone Soup
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Stephanie from Blue Bowl Recipes created this recipe using Muir Glen Diced Tomatoes. She found all the ingredients at her local co-op! You can find your local co-op here and try this recipe too.
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Prep time: 10mins
Cook time: 35mins
Serves or Makes: 6-8
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ingredients
- 1 pound sausage
- 3 large carrots, diced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 1/2 large yellow onion, diced
- 3 large cloves garlic, minced
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- Pinch of pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 3/4 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 (14.5 ounce) cans Muir Glen Diced Tomatoes
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 1 1/2 cups orzo, cooked to package directions
- 2 handfuls of chopped kale
- 1 can cannellini beans
- Parmesan cheese, for serving
- Crusty bread, for serving
Method
Step 1
Cook the sausage in a large dutch oven over medium heat until completely cooked through, then set aside. Don't drain the fat.
Step 2
Add the carrots, onion, and celery to the soup pot with the salt, pepper, oregano, and thyme (not the sprigs) and sauté over medium heat and sauté for 4 minutes. Add the garlic, and continue sautéing everything for 3 more minutes, until things are beginning to get soft (the onion will be soft, the carrots and celery will be just starting to soften).
Step 3
Add the diced tomatoes, broth, cooked sausage, fresh thyme sprigs, and bay leaves. Stir to combine. Bring the soup to a boil then reduce the heat to medium low and let it simmer with the lid on, but vented so steam can escape, for 25-35 minutes. While the soup simmers, cook your orzo.
Step 4
Check the carrots and celery to make sure they're soft - the soup is done once they're soft! Discard the bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Stir in the chopped kale, cannellini beans, and drained orzo. Taste and add extra seasoning if desired.
Step 5
Enjoy immediately with a sprinkle of parmesan! Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week.