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This hearty minestrone is jam-packed with delicious and filling ingredients. It's light on seasoning, yet full of savory flavor thanks to the tomato-y broth that gets absorbed into the beans and pasta as they cook. This hearty soup is exactly what you need to warm up in chilly weather. Serve with a side of crusty bread so you don't miss a single drop.

Hearty Minestrone [Vegan]

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Serves

4-6

Cooking Time

25

Ingredients You Need for Hearty Minestrone [Vegan]

  • 1 large onion, finely chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
  • 3/4 cup celery, thinly sliced
  • 1 leek white and tender green parts only, thinly sliced
  • 2 cups Napa cabbage, chopped
  • 1/3 cup dry sherry
  • 3 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 14-ounce can diced tomatoes
  • 3 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 3/4 cup canned red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  • 3/4 cup canned white northern beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 cup cooked elbow noodles
  • Sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
  • 1/2 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped

How to Prepare Hearty Minestrone [Vegan]

  1. Heat a medium soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the diced onions and two tablespoons of vegetable broth, and stir.
  2. Water sauté the onions, adding small of amounts of vegetable broth when needed to prevent sticking, for 5 minutes, or until translucent.
  3. Add the garlic, celery, leeks, and cabbage and cook for an additional 2 minutes. Raise heat to high and add dry sherry, vegetable broth, and diced tomatoes.
  4. Whisk in the tomato paste and add bay leaves. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer on low-heat for 15 minutes.
  5. Stir in the beans and cover. Simmer for an additional 10 minutes.
  6. Remove bay leaves and stir in pasta noodles. Season with sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste.
  7. Remove from heat. Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with freshly chopped parsley.
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Pure Thyme is a blog where Jennifer shares her passion for pure food, simple and delicious. She also hopes to inspire you to have fun, live well, find balance and embrace a more holistic lifestyle. An award-winning recipe developer, her goal is to make a healthy diet so easy and delicious to follow that the whole family can incorporate it into their lives. Jennifer lives in Georgia with her husband and three children.

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