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White Bean Minestrone

A light, smoky minestrone with cannellini beans, zucchini, carrot and grape tomatoes, seasoned with rosemary and a touch of liquid smoke. It is ready in under 30 minutes.

  • YieldServes 4 to 6
  • Hands-on20 min
  • Total32 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 2 tbspextra-virgin olive oil
  • ½ cuponion, chopped
  • ½ cupcarrot, chopped
  • 225 gzucchini, 1 large, cut into small dice
  • 2 clovesgarlic, large, finely chopped
  • 960 mllow-sodium vegetable broth
  • 480 mlwater
  • 1 cancannellini beans, 19 oz (540 g) can, rinsed and drained
  • 1 cupgrape tomatoes, halved
  • ½ tspdried rosemary
  • ¼ tspsalt, plus more to taste
  • ¼ tspliquid smoke
  • to tasteblack pepper, freshly ground

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
  • Vegan

Contains

  • Celery
  • Legumes (any)
  • Common beans (kidney, black, pinto, navy...)
  • Olive
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Zucchini
  • Carrot
  • Rosemary
  • Black and white pepper

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Smoke
  • Herbal / fresh

Texture

  • Brothy

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 30–60 min total
  • Difficulty 1
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly
  • One pot

Nutrition

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

Budget

  • Budget: low

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