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Minestrone Soup (Slow Cooker Recipe)

Melissa King 17 Comments

Minestrone Soup.  I just love soups.  If you have been reading this blog for awhile now, then I am sure you have realized that.  This slow cooker soup is my latest recipe.

I also created a post recently including 6 Healthy and Filling Soups.  I will probably have to add this slow cooker minestrone to it.

 

Minestrone Soup

 

This healthy and hearty soup is hearty and filling and it was perfect for the chilly day we had inTexas yesterday.  Soups are great because they are very budget friendly.  They also freeze well, so soups are great for batch cooking.

 

 

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Minestrone Soup

Minestrone Soup

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Prep Time 20 min Cook Time 6 hr

Ingredients

  • 4 cups vegetable stock
  • 1 28 oz can diced tomatoes or 3.5 cups homemade diced tomatoes
  • 4 stalks celery chopped
  • 4 carrots chopped
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 1.5 cups green beans chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic diced
  • 1 1/2 T fresh basil chopped
  • 1/2 tsp oregano (I used dried)
  • 2 cups pasta (I used quinoa pasta )

Instructions

  1. In a food processor , chop the carrots, onion and celery fine.
  2. Throw that mixture and all the other ingredients except the pasta in the crock pot . 
  3. Cook on high for the first hour, then turn to low and cook for a few more hours.
  4. Add the pasta in for the last 20 minutes of cooking and test a piece before you turn the crock pot off.

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Recipe Notes

We got about 6 good size servings out of this recipe.

Minestrone soup

10 Healthy and Filling Soup Recipes

Melissa King 24 Comments

We have had a crazy weird winter so far here in Dallas.  It’s snowed a few times, been in the 70’s a few days and poured rain so much my pool came close to over flowing!  Winter always puts me in the mood for soup.  So I wanted to write a post with some of my favorite soups.  Many can be made in the crock pot.  Slow cooking soups just makes them so much better!  My favorite soup is the Carrot Ginger Coconut Soup.  Yum!

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3 Bean Soup

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Black Bean and Vegetable Soup

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Hearty White Bean Soup

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Red Lentil Soup

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Split Pea Soup

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Sweet Potato Chili

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Slow Cooker Black Bean Soup

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Creamy Cauliflower & Potato Soup

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Carrot Ginger Coconut Soup

10 Healthy Soup Recipes

 

 

Rustic Tomato Soup (Vegan and Gluten Free)

Melissa King 15 Comments

Rustic Tomato Soup.  I love tomato soup.  I used to be a huge fan of the kind in the can.  I had never attempted my own tomato soup before until now.

It came out really good.  I always thought soup was one of the harder meals to make, but really, it is so easy.

 

Rustic Tomato Soup

 

You simply just throw everything in the pot and walk away.  Now that is my idea of cooking!  I even chopped up all the veggies in the food processor instead of hand dicing them.

 

Rustic Tomato Soup

 

I made mine on the stove, but it would be extra good in the crock pot too!  We just have a small crock pot and I wanted to make a good amount of soup so I could freeze some.

 

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Rustic Tomato Soup

Rustic Tomato Soup

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Prep Time 15 min Cook Time 2 hr

Ingredients

  • 2 28 oz cans whole peeled tomatoes chopped
  • 1 onion diced
  • 3 stalks celery diced
  • 3 carrots diced
  • 3 cups vegetable stock
  • 1 cup water
  • 4-5 cloves garlic diced
  • 10 leaves fresh basil
  • 1.4 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • 2 T olive oil
  • salt to taste

Instructions

  1. Throw everything in a pot and cook on low covered for at least 2 hours. I like to cook mine longer. The longer it cooks, the more the flavors develop. 
  2. Uncover and add a bit of flour to thicken.  I use brown rice flour. 
  3. Serve immediately or refrigerate for later.  Hope you like it as much as we did.

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Rustic Tomato Soup

Black Bean Vegetable Soup

Melissa King 31 Comments

Who doesn’t like a good homemade soup on a cold winter day?  Especially if you have been out dealing with the crowds shopping this time of year.  It’s nice to kick off your shoes and curl up with a warm bowl of homemade soup.  This Black Bean Vegetable Soup is the perfect comfort food to warm you up.

We made this soup with vegetables we had gotten in our organic co op basket.  My husband wanted to do the Mexican add on this week, so this soup has a bit of a kick.  Just a warning.  Personally, I am quite wimpy when it comes to spices. Growing up in Boston, we didn’t eat much spicy food.  So this is more a soup for my husband than for myself.  It made about 5-6 servings so you could freeze some for later if you want.  I actually do that a lot.  So here is the recipe.

Black Bean Vegetable Soup

Black Bean Vegetable Soup

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Prep Time 20 min Cook Time 5 hr

Ingredients

  • 1 onion diced
  • 4 carrots cut in circles
  • 4 celery stalks chopped
  • 5 tomatoes chopped
  • 3 cups black beans (soaked overnight and then boiled until soft)
  • 2 green peppers chopped
  • 5 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 cups corn (we used organic for all of you wondering )
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 4 cups vegetable stock
  • 1/2 T cumin
  • 1 cut up chipotle chile

Instructions

  1. To save my eyes from burning, I usually cut the onions in the food processor .  In fact, if you want to make it easy, you can chop the veggies up the night before.
  2. Once the beans have been cooked to get a little softer, throw everything in the crock pot   and cook on low for at least 4-5 hours. 
  3. You can cook it on high for 2-3 hours if you wish.

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Recipe Notes

The longer it cooks the more flavor the soup will have. This should last at least a week in the fridge and up to 6 months in the freezer. That’s it.

Hearty White Bean Soup (Vegan, Gluten Free)

Melissa King 191 Comments

I live in Texas and yesterday a cold front blew in making it a perfect time for a Hearty White Bean Soup.  We have been enjoying quite a mild fall season.

The onset of this cold front prompted me to make this white bean soup in the slow cooker. It was very easy and warmed up me right up.

 

hearty white bean soup

 

I love crock pot meals because you can throw everything in and walk away.  This crock pot soup is no exception.  It will fill your house with some pretty mouth watering aromas!

This is the perfect soup for a day spent in your pj’s relaxing and staying in from the cold outdoors.

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Hearty White Bean Soup

Hearty White Bean Soup

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Prep Time 30 min Cook Time 8 hr

This hearty white bean soup will warm you up on the coldest of days and leave you wanting more.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups veggie stock
  • 4 cups white beans (We use about 1 1/2 cups dried beans that expands to 4 cups after soaking.)
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 6 organic carrots
  • 6 celery stalks
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 medium yellow onion
  • 1 T olive oil
  • 1 T parsley
  • 1/2 tsp sage
  • 1/2 tsp thyme
  • salt to taste

Instructions

  1. In a food processor , finely chop the onion, celery, carrots, and garlic.
  2. Put everything in a crock pot , turn on low, and let the contents slowly get warm.
  3. After they are warm (about an hour), you can turn on high and let slow cook for some time.

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Recipe Notes

The longer you can let it cook, the better. I would suggest waiting to salt the soup after everything has had a chance to cook. If you salt a soup too early, you run the risk of it being too salty as some of the liquid inevitably boils off. Enjoy!