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Easy Minestrone Soup Recipe

Easy Minestrone Soup Recipe

Shelly
Easy Minestrone Soup tastes amazing! Serve this soup with grated parmesan cheese and crusty French bread.
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 45 mins
Total Time 55 mins
Course Soup
Cuisine Italian
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound Italian Sausage I used the store brand in a chub roll
  • 1/2 onion - diced
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon beef bullion I use Better Than Base Beef
  • 1 - 14.5 ounce can Italian Stewed Tomatoes with juice
  • 1 cup carrots - chopped
  • 1 can white beans with juice
  • 2 zucchinis - cut in half lengthwise and then sliced into bite-sized pieces
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
  • 2 cups spinach - stacked the leaves and then cut into strips

Instructions
 

  • In a soup pot, cook sausage and diced onion until the sausage is no longer pink.
  • Add garlic to the meat mixture, cook two minutes.
  • Add in water, beef bullion, Italian stewed tomatoes with juice, and carrots. Bring soup to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Simmer 15 minutes.
  • Add in white beans with juice, zucchinis, black pepper, salt, parsley, and Italian seasoning. Bring soup to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Simmer another 15 minutes.
  • Taste soup for seasoning, add salt and black pepper if needed.
  • Add in strips of spinach leaves. Cook a few minutes more or until the spinach wilts.