Make this delicious, healthy, and hearty Italian Minestrone soup with lots of healthy veggies, beans, & pasta. This is a super easy and quick, healthy, & vegan soupโa soul-warming comfort food for a busy weekday dinner.
Soups are one of the best parts of our food. These are loaded with vitamins and minerals. They are quick recipes and the best comfort food.
Minestrone is a traditional Italian soup. This is one of the healthiest soups since it has nutrition from nutritious vegetables and beans.
This quick vegan minestrone soup doesn't take more than 30 minutes on the stovetop. In an instant pot, it's even quicker to make this healthy vegan pasta soup.
Ingredients for Vegan Minestrone Soup
This soup requires no unique ingredients besides basic Italian spices, tomato paste or puree, pasta, veggies, and beans. So this is an easy soup to make at home quickly.
Beans-
Cannellini beans are the ones for minestrone soup. However, you can take any of the beans for this soup. e.g., black beans, kidney beans, garbanzo beans, etc. Here I have taken the kidney beans as that are available to me. However, you can use any beans of your choice and availability. You can use canned beans or cook your own.
If you are cooking your beans, it may require some planning. You need to soak the beans for at least 6 - 8 hours. And then comes steaming the beans well to be soft to melt in the mouth. You can also use canned beans for instant soup.
Vegetables
I have used zucchini, yellow squash, carrots, and green beans. You may add some spinach greens or kale greens for that extra dose of nutrition. Otherwise, you can add whatever vegetable is available to you.
Tomatoes
Tomatoes are important ingredients for this vegan minestrone. To make 6 servings, you may like to add one can (28 ounces) of diced skinless tomatoes. You can alter these canned tomatoes with tomato paste or tomato puree. Alternatively, you can also use fresh skinless tomatoes.
Pasta
Consider the small pasta for your vegan minestrone soup. You can take small shells, small penne, elbow pasta, or rotini pasta.
Spices & Seasonings
Minestrone soup has basic Italian seasoning, which is mildly used so that the soup will have more natural vegetable flavors. The spices are dried oregano, dried basil, thyme, chili flakes, or paprika for heat in the soup. Chilli flake is optional.
However, you can always replace the dried herbs with fresh ones. Fresh herbs and cilantro leaves also add freshness to the soup.
How to make vegan minestrone soup?
Cooking on the stovetop, this soup takes 30 minutes to 40 minutes to make this soup. The maximum time is for cooking pasta al dente. Whereas if cooked in an instant pot, this will take around 10 minutes to make
This is an easy soup with the basic steps of sauteing the onion, garlic, and veggies for 2 minutes in a large pot or Dutch oven. Then, add tomato paste/ chopped tomatoes, pasta, and canned/ cooked beans to the pot.
Next, add the broth and seasoning and simmer till the pasta is cooked al dente. Add spinach just 4 minutes before you turn off the heat. I don't add spinach before because I don't want to overcook my spinach.
Minestrone soup usually is a vegetable soup with an Italian flavor. This soup is vegan unless you are adding chicken broth or any cream or cheese (parmesan cheese for serving) to the soup.
How to store the leftover minestrone soup?
You can store this vegan minestrone soup in the refrigerator for 5 - 6 days. This soup is freezer-friendly and can stay suitable for up to 2 months. Before storing it in the fridge, cool the soup thoroughly. Store this in a freezer-friendly container.
Thaw it for some time before reheating the soup. Then reheat on the stovetop or microwave for 1 minute at 800 - 900W. That is enough. To add some freshness, garnish the soup with some fresh cilantro leaves.
This is a great meal prep recipe for your busy weekday dinners. Great healthy comfort food to save your soul. Treat yourself to the best minestrone that is vegan, too.
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Let's make this classic Italian minestrone (vegan)
Recipe Card for Vegan Minestrone Soup
Vegan Minestrone Soup
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup Beans cooked/ canned
- 4 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 cup Pasta small shells or elbow or bow tie
- 1 Zucchini (1 cup chopped)
- 1 Yellow squash (1 cup chopped)
- 2 Celery stalks
- 2 Carrots (ยฝ cup chopped)
- 1 cup Green Beans chopped
- 1 Onion chopped
- 5-6 Garlic Pods minced finely
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning (oregano, thyme, basil)
- ยฝ tsp Black Pepper
- ยผ tsp Paparika powder
- ยฝ tsp Salt or as per taste
- 2 cups Veg Broth or water
- 1 cup Water
- 4 - 5 tbsp Tomatoes diced
- 2 tbsp Basil leaves Chopped
- 1 tbsp Cilantro Leaves Chopped
Instructions
Minestrone Soup on Stovetop
- Heat oil in a heavy pot or dutch oven.
- Add chopped garlic, onion, celery and saute till translucent.
- Add chopped vegetables and stir well.
- Next add in tomatoes (chopped or tomato paste).
- Season with salt, pepper, oregano, thyme, basil, paparika.
- Add pasta & beans to the pan.
- Pour in broath or water into pan.
- Let it simmer for 15 minutes or till pasta is cooked al dente.
- Add cilantro leaves, basil leaves chopped.
- Turn off heat and cover with a lid. Serve hot
Minestrone Soup in Instant Pot
- Keep it on saute mode.
- Heat oil. Saute onion, garlic, celery.
- Saute for 2 minutes till translucent.
- Then add the veggies, spices, diced tomatoes or tomato paste.
- Saute for a minute.
- Now add beans, pasta and broth to it.
- Close the lid and cook on normal pressure for 3 minutes.
- Once done, wait for natural pressure release for 2 minutes and then quick release.
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Sarah | Well and Full
I love a good minestrone! That pasta looks delicious in it ๐
daintykitchen
Thank you Sarah. ๐