Minestrone Soup

By ldelmas

Vitamix
Dietary Interest: no added sugar, low cholesterol, low fat Yield:
4 c (960 ml) Difficulty:
Intermediate Total Time:
25 Minutes

Ingredients

• Dietary Interest: no added sugar, low cholesterol, low fat Yield:
• Minestrone Soup
• Submitted by: Vitamix
• c (960 ml) Difficulty:
• Intermediate Total Time:
• Minutes Print:
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• Recipe Book Ingredients
• 1 cup (240 ml) chicken broth
• 2 fresh tomatoes, quartered, or 1/2 (15-ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1/2 garlic clove, peeled
• 1 baby carrot
• 1/4 cup (40 g) chopped onion
• 1/2 celery stalk
• pinch ground black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/8 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 Tablespoon tomato paste
• 1/4 cup (60 g) canned chick peas, drained
• 1/2 cup (63 g) diced zucchini, steamed
• 1/2 cup (130 g) canned kidney beans, drained
• 1/4 cup (50 g) canned corn, drained
• 1/4 cup (25 g) Romano cheese, grated

Preparation

Step 1

1.Place the broth, tomatoes, garlic, carrot, onion, celery, pepper, oregano, basil, salt and tomato paste into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid.
2.Select Variable 1.
3.Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to Variable 10, then to High.
4.Blend for 6-7 minutes or until heavy steam escapes from the vented lid.
5.Reduce speed to Variable 2 and remove the lid plug.
6.Add chick peas, zucchini, kidney beans, corn and cheese through the lid plug opening. Replace the lid plug.
7.Blend for 5-10 seconds, or until desired texture is reached.This recipe has been written for the Vitamix 5200 with Standard 64-ounce container. If you are using a different Vitamix machine or container size, you may need to make adjustments to the Variable Speed, processing time, and/or ingredient quantities.