14 Reviews of Minestrone

From: French Tart

On Nov 13, 2007

Total comfort food for a chilly and miserable day! I substituted the chickpeas with white beans and the green beans with chopped cabbage..........everything else was as posted! The smell as this soup was cooking were enticing and we could not wait to dive into to it! We ate this with home-made bread rolls and cheese. Thanks. FT

From: GaylaV

On Aug 29, 2007

This soup is very, very good. The wonderful aroma in the house, while it was cooking, made us all hungry. I did add a cup more water than the recipe called and I think it wouldn't hurt it to add at least one more. I will be making this one often. Thanks so much for posting the recipe.

From: Whatcha Cookin', Mom?

On Apr 3, 2008

Very good soup - smelled wonderful while cooking. I used my homemeade sauce for the spaghetti sauce and zucchini instead of green beans. I didn't think it needed any extra liquid - I thought it was just right as-is! Made for Went to Market April 2008.

From: Sarah_Jayne

On Jun 25, 2008

This was a very good and filling soup. We just ate it and I am surprised I can move to type thing because I had such a big helping. Which is a good sign that I liked it I skipped the oil at the start and used a cooking spray and went for the zucchini in place of the green beans because we didn't have any and canellini beans because it felt Italian. Good stuff! Made for ZWT4.

From: Sydney Mike

On Feb 7, 2008

Nice tasting soup! I followed the recipe pretty much, but only had about 1 1/2 cups of spaghetti sauce, so used tomato sauce for the rest! I had rotini so used that for the pasta, & the result was well-received! many thanks for sharing the recipe! [Tagged, made & reviewed for the Zaar Stars Recipe Tag Game]

From: vigilant20

On Jan 19, 2008

This was delicious! I used tomato sauce and made it for my parents when I visited, everyone loved it.

From: Chef Kate

On Jan 15, 2008

So good and warmming on a cold day! I used dittalini and Cento pizza sauce for the spaghetti sauce. We loved the vegetables — both the flavor and the color combination.

From: Kumquat the Cat's friend

On Jan 21, 2008

Wow, this was a great minestrone! Moosewood is always reliable. Because I come from the school that says the basis of every great soup is its stock, I substituted about 1 cup of the tomato sauce (I didn't use spaghetti sauce) for stock (also because I had only one 14 ounce can of tomato soup on hand). I think next time I make this I'll substitute stock for some of the water. Also, because I thought I had some green beans in the freezer but didn't, I substituted a cup of edamame beans for the green beans. I'm not a huge fan of zucchini and eggplant, although I eat both from time to time. Also, I had a medley of some fresh French herbs on hand (including lots of basil) so I added that as well as the parsley. I served with parmesan cheese. My BF and I had half this recipe for dinner, and the next day I had half of what was left for lunch. I served that with parmesan cheese and hot sauce:D Looking forward to eating the rest for lunch tomorrow. Great soup that's good for you too:D Thanks Dreamer.

From: Charlotte J

On Dec 27, 2007

This is a very nice thick soup, that does smell fantastic as it cooks. The only change I made was to use the zucchini as I had one in the refrig. I just used a can of drained chickpeas. Made for 1 2 3 Hit Wonders game 2007

From: Frankenchef

On Oct 13, 2009

Followed the directions as stated--the result was outstanding. I love the chickpeas!