Our Hearty Minestrone Soup Recipe is flavorful, colorful, and perfect for wintertime! There's something so comforting about a warm bowl of minestrone soup in my hands. The aromas, colors, and flavors just make my heart so happy. It's filled with fabulous nutrition like carrots, celery, onions, green beans, white corn, red kidney beans, garbanzo beans, and tomatoes! I love it! It's very simple to convert to a vegan recipe, if you prefer, and our recipe gives those options too. Hearty Minestrone Soup may have it's roots in Italy but it's a well loved soup recipe in the states and around the world! Enjoy :)
Happy day, it’s Fit Friday! We love hangin’ out with Miss Nichole from Pure Clean Fitness! She’s a been a part of our Friday’s for many years and we love her so much! Thank you, Nichole, for coming every week and sharing your awesome fitness knowledge with us! If you want check out more of our Fit Friday posts then CLICK HERE!
Dish up a bowl of our Hearty Minestrone Soup Recipe this weekend!
This month I am focusing on the word growth with my classes. We are remembering that growth takes effort and work. Part of our monthly challenge is to take 10 minutes a day to either meditate or read something that is uplifting and inspiring. These 10 minutes will allow for some time to reflect on personal growth.
For Fit Friday this week I come with a workout and a challenge. Take this workout and push yourself beyond your what you think you can do. Push yourself into growth.
We love to hear about your magical cooking moments. If you get a chance to make our recipes then leave us a comment or tag us on Instagram @cookingwithruthie, pin us on Pinterest, or follow along with us on Facebook so we can share in the joy of cooking with you! Please reach out if you have questions or comments via our email: ruthie@cookingwithruthie.com. We’re excited to see you again soon! One more thing before you go... We love creating recipes and sharing our adventures with you, so if you can do us a huge favor it’d really support us! It’s easier to stay motivated to share our best with you when we hear from you!! We adore our readers and it really makes our day to get comments, social tags/shares, or pins that you save for later to share with your family and friends! Our hearts sing when you do. We SEE you and we do our very best to respond to all the love! It also amps up our mo-jo so we get lots of awesome things done around here.
Ruthie & Madeliene
Ingredients in our Hearty Minestrone Soup Recipe
- Basic Mirepoix: Which is a combination of 50% onions, 25% carrots, 25% celery. It’s the flavor base of most soups that you make. It’s a standard in the culinary arts and is traditionally the first ingredients into the pot. It is then cooked for 6-8 minutes until softened.
- Tomatoes- antioxidant lycopene, which has been linked to many health benefits, including reduced risk of heart disease and cancer. They are also a great source of vitamin C, potassium, folate, and vitamin K.
- Olive Oil- is widely recognized as one of the world's healthiest oils. In fact, people tend to live longer and healthier lives in regions where olive oil is a staple part. It is rich in healthy monounsaturated fats, contains large amounts of antioxidants, strong anti-inflammatory properties, may help prevent strokes, protective against heart disease.
- Red Kidney and Garbanzo Beans- Beans and legumes are some of the most underrated foods on the planet. They are excellent sources of dietary fiber, protein, B vitamins and many other important vitamins and minerals. There is good evidence that they can help reduce blood sugar, improve cholesterol levels and help maintain a healthy gut.
- Yellow Corn- Because of the high fiber content, it can aid with digestion. Corn also provides our bodies with essential minerals such as zinc, magnesium, copper, iron and manganese. Corn is a good source of the antioxidants carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin, which promote eye health.
- Vegetable Broth- abundant with phytochemicals, antioxidants, anti-inflammatories, and vital minerals found in the vegetables, herbs and spices that work together to help fight disease.
Of course, Minestrone Soup is from Italy!
• Minestrone is part of what is known in Italy as cucina povera (literally "poor kitchen") meaning poorer people's cuisine. Due to its unique origins and the absence of a fixed recipe, minestrone is not particularly similar across Italy: it varies depending on traditional cooking times, ingredients, and season. • In Italy, minestrone varies by season and by region: In the northern region of Lombardy, Negrin says, minestrone might include pasta and winter squash; farther south, in Tuscany, cannellini beans and cabbage or kale; in the coastal city of Genoa in the northwestern region of Liguria, it would be finished with pesto • Along with many other delicious pizza and pasta dishes, minestrone originated in Italy. The name minestrone means "big soup" thanks to the multitude of veggies that are thrown in.Enjoy our Hearty Minestrone Soup Recipe and these vegetarian recipes too!
• Mediterranean Lasagna Recipe • Black Beans and Rice Street Taco Recipe • BBQ Jackfruit, Roasted Corn, Cilantro Street Tacos • Meatless Bolognese Sauce • Tofu Drunken Noodles • Portabella Mushroom Fajitas • Two Bean Mushroom Chili • Jackfruit Vegan Pizza
Miss Nichole is here for Fit Friday!
Throughout our lives we are presented with opportunities for growth. Sometimes those growth moments/lessons come easily and are presented in ways that make growth fun. Sometimes those growing opportunities come with struggle. All of them should require some work, some effort, for you can't work without work effort.
For Fit Friday this week I come with a workout and a challenge. Take this workout and push yourself beyond your what you think you can do. Push yourself into growth.
We love to hear about your magical cooking moments. If you get a chance to make our recipes then leave us a comment or tag us on Instagram @cookingwithruthie, pin us on Pinterest, or follow along with us on Facebook so we can share in the joy of cooking with you! Please reach out if you have questions or comments via our email: ruthie@cookingwithruthie.com. We’re excited to see you again soon! One more thing before you go... We love creating recipes and sharing our adventures with you, so if you can do us a huge favor it’d really support us! It’s easier to stay motivated to share our best with you when we hear from you!! We adore our readers and it really makes our day to get comments, social tags/shares, or pins that you save for later to share with your family and friends! Our hearts sing when you do. We SEE you and we do our very best to respond to all the love! It also amps up our mo-jo so we get lots of awesome things done around here.
Thanks for sharing in the CWR blog-love!
Love Always,
Nichole,
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