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Marilyns More Than A Minute Minestrone Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	1spartica / All my dishes 2 years, 6 months ago This is a recipe I developed from a Pillsbury Cookbook recipe I found one day. I am sure it makes more than 10 servings the way I make it, but can't tell you how many. I really love it, but there are waaaay tooooo many beans in it for me, as I don'... More Prep:5m Cook:120m Servings:10	1spartica
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Ingredients

1/4 cup chopped Onion

1 med. Zucchini; sliced

2 tbsps. Margarine OR Butter

1 10-oz. pkg. Green Giant Baby Lima Beans Frozen in Butter Sauce

1 sm. pkg. Frozen Corn Kernels

1 sm. pkg. Frozen Peas & Corn Mixture

1 sm. pkg. Frozen Green Beans (cut in pieces)

3 (10 1/2 oz.) cans Beef Broth

2 (16 oz.) cans Whole OR Chopped Tomatoes; UNDRAINED, cut up if whole tomatoes are used

1 1/2 cups Water

1/2 cup broken Vermicelli; UNCOOKED

1 tbsp. Grated Parmesan Cheese

1/4 tsp. Basil Leaves

1/4 tsp. Pepper

1/8 tsp. Garlic Powder

Dash Cayenne Pepper

Directions

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

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Comments

1spartica 2 years, 6 months ago said:
Can anyone tell me why I have lines through this recipe? I'd appreciate any advice as how to fix this recipe!!!

marriage 2 years, 6 months ago said:
I will be making this one for my family and for my mom who absolutely loves soups. The directions given are wonderful for the beginner in me. Thanks

1spartica 2 years, 6 months ago said:
Hi, Marriage! I'm glad you are going to make this. It is a good soup for beginners. Please let me know how it turns out! My recipe makes a ton of soup, so make sure you have freezer containers handy!

msbooch75 2 years, 4 months ago said:
I believe you asked why your recipe has lines throughout. I feel you may have entered the directions as one long paragraph . The lines are automatically generated by the software used by group recipes as there are only so many letters allowed per line. Try this--Take lines 11(Marilyn's Notes) to the end and submit this as a comment. You will see the difference. BTW the recipe is great.

1spartica 2 years, 4 months ago said:
Thx, Ms. Booch...I will try your hint when I post another recipe. Been a busy summer, but I hope to post more soon!

Love,
spartica

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