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Minestrone Soup II

This is an extra rich and savory minestrone with bacon, ground beef, red wine, and condensed onion soup. Garbanzo beans, spinach, zucchini, carrots, and celery add nutrition and visual appeal.
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11/17/2010
Reviewed By: veecee
I made this soup for my family, and they all loved it. I will definately make it again!!!
11/16/2010
Reviewed By: Hazel Eyed Dragon
I loved it, she tastes wonderful!!!
07/12/2010
Reviewed By: mrscrashman22
I was skeptical... but took a chance and wow! it's a winner. My husband loved it as did I. The only change I made was to use stew meat instead of ground beef. Now it's a weekly dinner with a basket of multi-grain bread from the bakery, and a glass of red wine. Thanks so much.
07/09/2010
Reviewed By: naples34102
A "recipe" for minestrone would really be impossible to create, since there is no right or wrong in how one prepares it. It is simply a thick soup of mixed vegetables and pasta, sometimes with meat, most often not. Any kind of beans, pasta or vegetables are fine - it's merely a matter of what's in your garden, fridge, or what you like. Today I made my own stock with soup bones and meaty beef shanks, so I didn't use any ground beef. I used small seashell pasta, tomato sauce I had put up myself, and Swiss Chard from my garden - as well as the other vegetables called for in this recipe, of course! I also added fresh garlic to the vegetables. The canned French onion soup, granted, was an unconventional and unusual addition, but you know what? It was good! What this MUST have (unless you're weird like my husband and hate it) is a good sprinkle of freshly grated Parmesan or Romano. It's just not the same without. Good road map for minestrone, Ann Satler! That's a difficult one to put down!
02/26/2010
Reviewed By: geenatoo
Shem was just "meh" but I loved it
02/16/2010
Reviewed By: xcaret34
ok, being Italian, I not only love minestrone, but I also am not big on measuring. so...1 cup of onions, carrots, and celery? No, I put in more, and I cut big not diced. So, I cooked the soup about 1/2 hour for the first part, not 15 minutes. Also, no chic peas in minestrone, use cannelloni beans please. I also added cooked broccoli that I had left over. It just needed more veges. Oh, and I used 1/2 lb. of Ditilini pasta, Not Spinach pasta! Cooked halfway, then put in the soup and continue to cook till pasta is done! More creamy this way! Cut bacon into 1" pieces. Do not discard the bacon grease, it needs it! I also use 3/4 lb meat. And a full bag of fresh spinach not 2 cups! Do not add salt, the onion soup and broth has more than enough, not to mention the cheese you put on top! salty enough. And yes, I will make it again! The recipe is good, just needs tweaking and way more than 30 minutes to cook! One more thing, use diced tomatoes, the stewed are just way to big!
01/11/2010
Reviewed By: sandyshell
I followed the directions to make this soup and was very pleased with the results. My family gobbled it up. As indicated by other reviews, this recipe makes a lot of soup. So make sure you have plenty of hungry mouths to serve.
01/05/2010
Reviewed By: Janie14
I was looking for a soup that was packed with vegetables and was still substantial enough for dinner for my husband. This soup really surprised me. It had a lot of flavor! My husband went for seconds so that is always a good sign. I added 1 lb of beef chuck instead of hamburger meat cut up into bite size pieces. I will definately make this again!
12/30/2009
Reviewed By: ginabiz
Great and easy meal! I used frozen italian style meatballs because that is what I had on hand and added a can of kidney beans (rinsed). Also I didn't have fresh spinach so used a half box of frozen chopped spinach. Excellant! My husband calls it Maxi-stone instead of mini-strone!
08/10/2009
Reviewed By: TrinityH
It was better than I expected. I love it when I find new ways to get veggies in my diet.
03/03/2009
Reviewed By: KrissiG
Unbelievable!! The only thing I would change is cook pasta separate and serve it in each individual bowl as you dish the soup out. Otherwise the pasta gets mushy from sitting in the soup too long. Way to go!! this is the best minestrone there could possibly be!
01/20/2009
Reviewed By: mez
This is good! I served it to 3 critics in my family. I used the pkg. of onion soup, varied the tomatoes/water, chicken broth (not beef), and turkey bacon. Served it with crusty whole wheat and parmesean. It makes a lot too which is great! I added the zuccini, beans, and spinach last but probably should have added them a good 30 min. before serving , they were aldente but fine!
01/13/2009
Reviewed By: A.K.
My 5 year old said "You can make this soup every day mom". Therefore worthy of the 5 stars. I made mine on the stovetop, was in a hurry, so I fried finely diced onion and celery, grated the zuchini and carrot, omited the bacon and pasta, and forgot all the tomatoes! Was still very good, but the broth was a touch strong for my tastes. I'm sure adding the tomatoes would have helped with that.
01/03/2009
Reviewed By: STAY70
Very good recipe. It wasn't the traditional recipe of Minestrone soup that we've had before, but it turned out great! I did add some garlic powder, and I left out the fresh spinach because there wasn't any at my grocery store. We'll be making this again!
11/22/2008
Reviewed By: Ursula
Very good recipe. I ended up adding a 1 lb package of frozen vegetables and no zucchini. I had cooked about 1/3lb of ring pasta in the soup pot. The soup got rave reviews from the whole family. Will definately make this again. I also made the soup in an 8qt stock pot, and it was just the right size.
11/14/2008
Reviewed By: Cheryl
My husbands from an italian family and very picky about his minestrone soup and we both love this recipe! I make it just as the directions call for and its excellent!
06/18/2008
Reviewed By: kinker020
Please be aware: to make this soup properly it is a lot of work!Also, being from Europe I cant believe Italians use bacon. I used a inner HAM bone for stock, and then added the can of Beef stock. It is delicious, but I suggest somewhat more italian herbs, because it was kind of flat. Instead of stewed tomatoes, consider fresh on the vine tomatoes. If you use fresh, add some sugar. Make sure you buy fresh parmesan cheese, not the prefab stuff. It makes a huge different.
02/17/2008
Reviewed By: Rocky Hill Gal
I made the soup exactly as written. The flavor s absolutely wonderful and it's chock full of goodies! However, it does make quite a large quantity. I went through two crock pots, finally putting everything in my largest stock pot, before I found something that would contain all of the ingredients. Unless you've got a stock pot, as opposed to a standard dutch oven, the quantity as written might create a headache. Tasty, but a headache.
01/04/2008
Reviewed By: XXXNAUGHTY
Pretty good! I, however, had to alter the recipe just slightly. 6 slices of bacon, 1 cup of cooked ground beef, 4 carrots, 4 stalks of celery, 1/2 onion, 2 zucchinis, 1 (10.5 oz) can of diced tomatoes, 1 can (10.5 oz) of water, 2 cans chicken broth, 1 package of onion soup, and 2 tbsp of savoury seasoning! Simmered for an hour and it was delicious.
10/15/2007
Reviewed By: Sharon
I made this soup today and my family loved it. I didn't have some of the ingredients so improvised on the vegetables and it still came out great.
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