Minestrone Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 (32 ounce) carton chicken broth
• 4 cups tomato juice
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 2 cups chopped fresh spinach
• 2 zucchini, chopped
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 (15.5 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 tablespoon italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper (optional)
• 2 cups rotini pasta

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 55 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 25 mins


• heat olive oil in a large soup pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until onion is tender, 2 to 5 minutes. stir chicken broth, tomato juice, diced tomatoes and their juice, spinach, zucchini, carrots, celery, cannellini beans, italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper. bring soup to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cover pot. simmer soup for 45 minutes.
• bring soup back to a full boil and stir in rotini pasta. reduce heat to low and simmer until pasta is tender, 10 to 15 more minutes.