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Slow Cooker Vegetable Minestrone

Slow Cooker Vegetable Minestrone
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Colorful Tomatoes
Tomatoes contain carotenoids, plant pigments that color them red. Carotenoids are antioxidants that help protect cells from damage.

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Savor a veggie-packed slow-cooked hearty Italian soup. From eatbetteramerica.
Prep Time:15 min
Start to Finish:7 hr 35 min
makes:12 servings
4cups vegetable broth or 1 carton (32 oz) Progresso® chicken broth
4cups tomato juice
1tablespoon dried basil leaves
1teaspoon salt
1/2teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1/4teaspoon pepper
2medium carrots, sliced (1 cup)
2medium celery stalks, chopped (1 cup)
1medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
1cup sliced fresh mushrooms (3 oz)
2garlic cloves, finely chopped
1can (28 oz) Muir Glen® organic diced tomatoes, undrained
1 1/2cups uncooked rotini pasta (4 1/2 oz)
Shredded Parmesan cheese, if desired
1.In 4- to 5-quart slow cooker, mix all ingredients except pasta and cheese.
2.Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours or until vegetables are tender.
3.Stir in pasta. Cover; cook on High heat setting 15 to 20 minutes or until pasta is tender. Sprinkle each serving with cheese.
Nutritional Information
1 Serving: Calories 90 (Calories from Fat 0); Total Fat 0g (Saturated Fat 0g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 850mg; Total Carbohydrate 18g (Dietary Fiber 2g, Sugars 6g); Protein 3Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 45%; Vitamin C 20%; Calcium 4%; Iron 10Exchanges: 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 2 Vegetable Carbohydrate Choices: 1 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
 
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great soup
I love this soup...I make it over the weekend and portion it out into plastic containers when it has cooled. I always have some on hand in the freezer or fridge for a light lunch. My husband and kids think it tastes better as it sits...we are not always that lucky!
Posted at 3:43 PM on April 20 2010 by Stacyrn98
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Noodle oops
This is an AWESOME and EASY receipe and my family loved it!! The only suggestion I have is to NOT use elbow mac noodles as your "soup" will turn into a "goulash"!! Still was wonderful to eat but much thicker! LOL
Posted at 2:04 PM on March 24 2010 by Darcy Jo
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This soup is DELICIOUS!
This will become another family favorite - so easy to make, and the taste is incredible! We all ate at different times tonight - and I did have to add some broth to it later in the evening - but wow - love this!
Posted at 3:17 PM on March 18 2010 by
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Great!
I made this soup in my crock pot. DELICIOUS. I followed the advice of another and added the fire roasted tomatoes--good addition. The soup actually tasted better (in my opinion!) the next day or two--the noodles soaked up the flavor later on. I cooked the noodles separately--I tend to find they retain their shape and consistency better that way. The only thing I wished it had, would have been green beans---so I'll add those next time. I also added more broth and tomato juice to it, I like my soup to have enough broth. WILL make again! Enjoy!
Posted at 2:54 PM on February 24 2010 by jnlarson2
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this soup is great!
My family loved this soup! I did add one can of drained and rinsed kidney beans to it. My rotini took about an hour to cook not the 20 minutes reccomended. Will be making again.
Posted at 5:12 PM on November 9 2009 by
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Terrific!
This turned out perfect! I made the soup(except for the noodle)in advance, saved it for a few days later and added the noodles. This one is a keeper.
Posted at 2:51 PM on March 16 2009 by Tamara
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I made this today.I cooked it on the stove but only because I wanted to eat it right away.I LOVE this soup!! I used the fire roasted tomatoes and the vegetable broth.It is so good you could even put it over pasta as a sauce.Wonderful!!!
Posted at 9:24 AM on February 27 2009 by hairbear66
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This vegetable minestrone is a quick, easy, and tasty recipe. Far more healthy than what you get in a can.
Posted at 11:40 AM on February 3 2009 by diduro21
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Yummmmmy!
I made this yesterday but I did not use the slow cooker. I did it all in a pot on the stove and let it simmer for about 45 min. It was delicious and I will definitely make it again.
Posted at 12:30 PM on January 29 2009 by Cary
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You can't go wrong adding Muir Glen Fire Roasted diced tomatoes to any soup recipe, it adds a lot of much needed flavor. I make soup similar to this weekly and keep (LARGE) single serving portions in my fridge. Any time I'm hungry or the fridge is just calling to me I can nuke some. Much better than cookies or chips when you don't know what you want to eat. Also before you go out to a party or out to dinner, heat some soup and then you're not starving and vulnerable to whatever comes your way.
Posted at 9:35 AM on February 18 2008 by
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I like to take soup for lunch, and I love recipes that I can throw in the crock pot to cook while I'm not home. I made this recipe last week, and it was pretty good. I admit to several recipe changes: I used frozen, pre-cut soup vegetables (had them in the freezer already since I always make soup), low-salt vegetable broth (due to a chicken allergy), and left out the pasta. The soup was good, but not outstanding. I would probably make it again, but will search for something to add a bit of a kick.
Posted at 10:09 AM on January 23 2008 by Soup Eater
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Great soup/stew!!! I used whole grain rotini to make it even more healthy. My whole family enjoyed it!
Posted at 8:00 PM on July 9 2007 by LisaK.