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Minestrone
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Minestrone

12 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

This classic Italian soup made with cannellini beans and broken up spaghetti makes a comforting and budget-friendly supper. Feel free to stir in extra vegetables, depending on what you have in the fridge.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

533
Calories
36g
Protein
31g
Fat
30g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Vegetable 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Green Cabbage 1 cup shredded (89g) 22
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Cannellini Bean not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion
  • 2 carrots
  • 3 large celery
  • 2 garlic
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • 1 x 400g/14oz tin chopped tomatoes
  • 1.2 litres/2 pints vegetable or chicken stock
  • 400g/14oz tin cannellini beans
  • 100g/3½ dried spaghetti
  • ¼ head green cabbage
  • and pepper salt

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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