Minestrone Soup with Tortellini
Minestrone Soup is the perfect vegetable soup packed full of flavor. Eat it alone as a side dish or with Tortellini to make it the main star. It's a super healthy and tasty soup.
Servings: 6 -8 Bowls
Calories: 200kcal
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Celery, chopped
- ½ Medium Onion, chopped
- 1½ Cup Carrot, chopped
- 3 Cloves Garlic, grated
- 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 Tbsp Tomato Paste
- 1½ tsp Herbs du Provence
- 1 14 oz Can of Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes
- 4 Cups Water
- 2 Cubes Bullion (veg or chicken, low sodium)
- ½ tsp Sugar
- 2-3 Bay Leaves
- Salt, Black Pepper, Crushed Red Bell Pepper, to taste
- 1 Cup Zucchini, chopped
- 1 Cup Red Kidney Beans
- 1 Cup Tortellini
- 2 Cups Baby Spinach, roughly chopped, stems removed
Instructions
- Heat up some oil in a pot and saute the onion, garlic, celery, and carrots.
- Add the tomato paste and saute it.
- Add the canned fire roasted diced tomatoes and the herb du provence.
- Dilute the two bullion cubes in 4 cups of warm water. (You can use 2 cups of low sodium broth with 2 cups of water instead) Add the water to the pot.
- Add the sugar, bay leaves. Stir and add salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper to taste.
- Add the zucchini, red beans, and tortellini and cook for about ten minutes.
- Add the spinach and a half cup of water if you want your soup to be thicker.
- Remove from heat once your tortellini is cooked!