Marilyns More Than A Minute Minestrone Recipe

How to make it

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• In lrg. saucepan over med. heat, saute onion & zucchini in margarine
• until vegetables are crisp-tender.
• Remove frozen Lima beans from pouch: add to sauteed vegetables.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Simmer, stirring occasionally, about 15 mins. OR until vermicelli is tender but still firm.
• MICROWAVE DIRECTIONS: In 6 qt. casserole, melt margarine. Stir in
• onion & zucchini; microwave on HIGH for 3-4 mins. OR until vegetables
• are crisp-tender. Stir in remaining ingredients as directed above.
• Microwave on HIGH for 15-20 mins. OR until vermicelli is tender but
• still firm.
• MARILYN'S NOTES:
• I added the corn, green beans, peas & carrots to the original recipe.
• Couldn't find the Baby Lima Beans in Butter Sauce, so used 10 oz. of
• Butter Beans. Next time I'd only use 5 oz. Couldn't find cans of Beef
• Broth, so used the boxed kind and used 3/4 of the carton. Couldn't
• find Vermicelli, so used Capalini and I think that was perfect. Forgot
• to put in Cayenne Pepper, would add next time for a bit more zing!
• Instead of 1 1/2 cups Water, I put in 8 ozs. of water. I doubled all
• spices. I forgot to saute the zucchini. I put everything in my
• largest casserole (not nearly big enough...need at least 6 qt.
• casserole) and thought I followed the microwave directions...the soup was not nearly done after 4 mins. (that's how long I thought it was supposed to take! Silly me! I didn't read all of the directions, apparently.). Anyhow, by this time it was 8 pm (hubby had gone on errands
• and went grocery shopping for me...which is probably why he couldn't
• find things...can't imagine Wegman's not having all of those
• ingredients! So, put everything in my soup pot (8 qt.) and next
• day brought the soup to a boil, then simmered for 2-3 hrs. (forgot to
• time it!) But you want the veggies to be fork tender and the pasta
• cooked! The butter beans didn't cook thoroughly enough for us.
• But, the soups tasted great and would make again! I would not make
• microwave cause I don't have a big enough micro-wave safe casserole or
• pot. This was very easy to prepare...I think it took under 5 mins. to
• prepare it. ~spartica