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| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 26 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 46 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat pasta
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 1 cup sliced orange bell pepper
- 1 cup sliced red bell pepper
- 1 cup sliced celery
- 1 cup sliced carrots
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 (26 ounce) can reduced-sodium tomato soup
- 13 fluid ounces water
- 1 (15 ounce) can diced potatoes, drained and rinsed
- 1 (14 ounce) can reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; add pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain.
- Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat; add orange bell pepper, red bell pepper, celery, carrots, and garlic. Cook and stir until slightly tender, about 5 minutes.
- Pour tomato soup plus 1/2 can water into saucepan. Add potatoes, chicken broth, basil, onion powder, salt, and pepper; stir to combine. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until flavors combine, about 1 hour. Serve over cooked pasta.
- You can use whole wheat pasta.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 115 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 23 g |
| Cholesterol | 3 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g |
| Sodium | 453 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 1 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I only added rigatoni instead for a change – the rest of the ingredients worked well!
Such an awesome tasting soup! First minestrone soup I’ve ever made and I’m normally making soups alone but I convinced my husband we can do this for supper! We had 5 hours before supper LOL .
I made it but did not add the pasta feeling that it was too much carbs. I am a diabetic and didn’t want all the starch. But it was delicious on its own.
Made this for myself when recovering from the flu. I liked it quite a bit. I had to use condensed tomato soup, which I added water to instead of ready to serve soup… too contagious to go to grocery store. Would be good with meat added too