Vegetarian Minestrone Soup

Bowl of vegetarian minestrone soup on a white table
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Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 80 mins
Total: 90 mins
Servings: 6 servings

This recipe for vegetarian and vegan minestrone soup is filled with healthy and low-fat vegetables, including tomato, carrots, celery, green beans, and zucchini. It's basically your entire garden in a soup! Everything is slowly simmered for maximum flavor along with some fresh basil and garlic.

Vegetarian minestrone soup makes for a light lunch or dinner soup, just add a side salad and maybe a slice of garlic bread and you've got yourself a full meal. Because it contains no oil, this vegetarian minestrone soup recipe is very low in fat.

With less than 100 calories per serving and just over 1 gram of naturally occurring fat, this vegetarian (and vegan!) minestrone is a great low-calorie and nearly fat-free soup. You may also want to try this crock pot vegetarian vegetable minestrone soup recipe.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups vegetable broth

  • 4 cups diced tomatoes

  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil

  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

  • 2 carrots, chopped

  • 2 stalks celery, chopped

  • 1/2 onion, chopped

  • 3 zucchini, chopped

  • 1 cup chopped green beans, optional

  • 3 cloves garlic, minced

  • 1 bay leaf

  • Salt, to taste

  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

  • 1 1/2 cups macaroni pasta, or another small pasta shape such as small shells

Steps to Make It

  1. Gather the ingredients.

    Gather the ingredients
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  2. First, place the vegetable broth in a large pot, then add in the diced tomatoes, basil, oregano, carrots, celery, onion, zucchini, green beans, garlic, and the bay leaf.

    Minestrone ingredients in pot
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  3. Slowly bring the soup to a low simmer and allow to cook over very low heat for at least 45 minutes and up to 1 hour, or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.

  4. Add the salt and pepper and the macaroni pasta and bring the heat up a bit to a medium-low. Allow to simmer for another 10 to 20 minutes, or until the pasta is done cooking.

    Pasta added to minestrone
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  5. Remove the bay leaf before serving.

    Vegetarian minestrone
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  6. Enjoy!

Tip

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
115 Calories
1g Fat
23g Carbs
5g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 6
Amount per serving
Calories 115
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1g 2%
Saturated Fat 0g 1%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 754mg 33%
Total Carbohydrate 23g 8%
Dietary Fiber 6g 21%
Total Sugars 8g
Protein 5g
Vitamin C 36mg 181%
Calcium 99mg 8%
Iron 2mg 12%
Potassium 727mg 15%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)