Minestrone
The Italian vegetable soup with beans and pasta — the stew for whatever is left in the vegetable drawer.
- Time
- 45 min
- Effort:
- easy
- Origin
- Everyday cooking
- Season
- all year
- vegan
- vegetarian
- budget
- batch-cook
- freezes well
- one pot
- everyday
Ingredients for 4 portions
1onions
2 clove(s)garlic
2carrots
100 gceleriac
1courgettes
2potatoes
1 tin(s)white beans (tin)
1 tin(s)chopped tomatoes (tin)
1.2 lvegetable stock (instant)
100 gpasta · small
3 tbspolive oil
1 tspdried oregano
½ bunchbasil
to tastesalt
to tastepepper
The ingredients land on the shopping list as soon as the dish is in the week.
Possible allergens
Derived from the ingredients as they are typically composed.
- Cereals containing gluten
- Eggs
- Celery
Please check allergens and intolerances yourself — on the packaging, at the bakery, at the butcher's. Recipes change, and a list like this cannot take responsibility for that.
Nutrition per portion
Estimates computed from the ingredient list — with 4 portions per recipe.
| Energy | 364 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 13.2 g |
| Fat | 10.4 g |
| Carbohydrates | 48.4 g |
| of which sugar | 14.5 g |
| Fibre | 10.1 g |
| Salt | 3.2 g |
Not counted because listed without a quantity: salt, pepper.
Computed with raw ingredients as bought. Cooking losses, peel, trimmings and what stays on the plate are not accounted for. Own dishes and ingredients “to taste” have no values.
Source: Max Rubner-Institut (2025), Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel (BLS) version 4.0, CC BY 4.0. The mapping of ingredients to BLS foods and the piece weights are the operator's own.
Estimates, not lab values — not a basis for medically prescribed meal plans.
Method
- 1
Dice all the vegetables small, sweat the onion and garlic in olive oil.
- 2
Add the carrots, celeriac and potatoes, pour in the stock and tomatoes, simmer for 15 minutes.
- 3
Add the courgette, beans and pasta for another 10 minutes until the pasta is done.
- 4
Season with oregano, salt and pepper, basil and olive oil on top.