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Easy Minestrone Soup | PiperCooks
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Easy Minestrone Soup with Alphabet Pasta

Easy and delicious Minestrone Soup, finished in under 30 minutes. This tomato-based soup is full of flavor with Italian Seasoning, zucchini, and chickpeas. Use Alphabet pasta for a quick kid-friendly dinner.
Prep Time2 minutes
25 minutes
Total Time27 minutes
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 4
Calories: 266kcal
Author: Jacqueline Piper

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon cooking oil
  • 3 cups mirepoix carrot, celery, onion
  • 1 heaping tablespoon tomato paste
  • 600 ml tomato passata
  • 4 cups chicken stock use vegetable stock or water for vegetarian
  • 1 540 ml 19 oz can chickpeas
  • 2 teaspoons Homemade Italian Seasoning
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon pepper
  • ⅛ teaspoon granulated white sugar
  • 1 medium zucchini quartered
  • ¾ cups dried pasta alphabets or other small shapes

Instructions

  • Heat oil over medium. Add mirepoix. Cook about 8-9 minutes, until softening.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients.
  • Bring to boil, then simmer about 10 minutes, or until pasta is done cooking.
  • Serve with freshly grated Parmesan cheese and crusty bread.

Notes

I use a frozen bagged mirepoix to make prep quicker.  If you don't have that, just measure the same amount of a mixture of chopped carrot, celery and onion.
I use bottle tomato passata because it's nice and smooth.  You swap tomato sauce or crushed tomato.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 266kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 7g | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 17g | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 2mg