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Italian · Soup

Spring Vegetable Minestrone

A light, bright green soup of green beans, broad beans, peas and asparagus with small pasta. Each vegetable stays distinct, so it feels fresh yet comforting.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on35 min
  • Total1 h 8 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 30 mlextra virgin olive oil
  • ½yellow onion, finely chopped
  • 1carrot, small, peeled and finely diced
  • 1 stalkcelery, trimmed and finely chopped
  • 200 ggreen beans, trimmed and chopped
  • 200 gshelled broad beans
  • 250 gshelled peas
  • 150 ggreen asparagus, trimmed, sliced into 5 mm pieces, tips set aside
  • 1 Lvegetable stock, heated
  • 130 gtubetti or ditalini pasta
  • 2 tbspflat-leaf parsley, very finely chopped
  • to tastefine sea salt
  • 4 sprigsthyme, to garnishoptional

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
  • Vegan

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Celery
  • Legumes (any)
  • Peas
  • Common beans (kidney, black, pinto, navy...)
  • Fava (broad) beans
  • Wheat
  • Olive
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Asparagus
  • Carrot
  • Thyme
  • Parsley

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Texture

  • Brothy

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Spring

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • One pot

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: low
  • Fiber: high
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: low

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