Recipe: Delicious Minestrone Soup (slow cooker)

Minestrone Soup (slow cooker).

You can cook Minestrone Soup (slow cooker) using 22 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Minestrone Soup (slow cooker)

1. Prepare 4 cups of low-sodium vegetable stock.
2. It's 2 cups of water.
3. You need 2 cans of diced tomatoes.
4. Prepare 1 cup of diced celery (3 stalks).
5. It's 1 cup of diced carrots (2 carrots).
6. It's 1 cup of diced brown onion (1 small).
7. Prepare 2 Tbsp of chopped fresh parsley (or 2 tsp dried).
8. Prepare 2 tsp of dried basil.
9. It's 1 tsp of dried oregano.
10. You need 3/4 tsp of dried rosemary, crushed.
11. You need 1/2 tsp of dried thyme.
12. You need 2 of bay leaves.
13. It's 1/2 tsp of sugar.
14. It's to taste of Salt and freshly ground black pepper,.
15. Prepare 1 1/3 cups of diced zucchini (1 small).
16. Prepare 1 1/3 cups of shell pasta.
17. It's 4 cloves of garlic, minced.
18. You need 1 can of dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed.
19. You need 1 can of white cannellini beans, drained and rinsed.
20. It's 1 can of Italian green beans, drained.
21. You need 2 cups of packed chopped fresh spinach.
22. You need of Finely shredded Romano cheese, for serving (Parmesan works too).

Minestrone Soup (slow cooker) instructions

1. Add vegetable stock, water, tomatoes, celery, carrots, onion, parsley, basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, bay leaves and sugar to a 6 or 7-quart slow cooker. Season with salt and pepper to taste and cook on low heat 6 - 8 hours or high 3 - 4 hours..
2. Add in zucchini, pasta, garlic, kidney beans and white beans and cook on high heat and additional 30 - 40 minutes until pasta is tender. Stir in spinach and Italian green beans and cook several minutes until heated through. Stir in more vegetable broth or water to thin if desired. Serve warm topped with Romano cheese..