Slow Cooker Minestrone Soup Recipes

HOMEMADE MINESTRONE SOUP (SLOW COOKER)

Steps:

• Add the diced tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato pesto, parmesan rind, vegetable stock, water, carrots, celery, onions, garlic, oregano, rosemary, and bay leaves to a slow cooker. Season with salt and pepper to taste and cook on low heat 6-8 hours or high 3-4 hours.
• Add in red kidney beans, great northern beans, zucchini, and pasta and cook on high heat for an additional 20- 25 minutes until pasta is tender. Stir in the spinach and green beans and cook for an additional 5 minutes until heated through. Serve warm topped with parmesan cheese and garlic toasts.

SLOW COOKER MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• In a slow cooker, add diced tomatoes, tomato paste, parmesan cheese, vegetable broth, water, carrots, celery, onions, garlic, ginger, oregano, rosemary, Italian seasoning, bay leaf, salt and pepper.
• Cook on Low heat for 6-8 hours or High heat for 3-4 hours.
• Add red kidney beans, Northern beans, zucchini, pasta and cook on High heat for an additional 20- 25 minutes until pasta is tender.
• Stir in the spinach, green beans and cook for an additional 10 minutes until cooked through. Enjoy!

HEARTY SLOW COOKER MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 10 ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until vegetables are tender., Stir in the beans, spinach and macaroni. Cover and cook 15 minutes longer or until heated through. Sprinkle with cheese. Freeze option: Cool soup and transfer to freezer containers. Freeze for up to 3 months. To use frozen soup, thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Transfer to a saucepan. Cover and cook over medium heat until heated through. Sprinkle with cheese.

SLOW COOKER VEGETARIAN MINESTRONE

Steps:

• Combine vegetable broth, tomatoes, kidney beans, onion, celery, carrots, green beans, zucchini, garlic, parsley, oregano, salt, thyme, and black pepper in a 6-quart slow cooker.
• Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes; drain.
• Stir spinach and macaroni into minestrone; cook another 15 minutes. Top with Parmesan cheese.

SLOW-COOKER MINESTRONE

Steps:

• Combine the first 13 ingredients in a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker. Cook, covered, on low 6-8 hours or until vegetables are tender. Stir in beans, zucchini and pasta. Cook, covered, on high about 30 minutes longer, until pasta is tender. Discard bay leaves. If desired, top with grated Parmesan cheese. Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add water if necessary.

SLOW COOKER MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Prepare meat and vegetables.
• In a 4 quart slow cooker, combine all ingredients including spices. Cook on Low for 9 to 10 hours.
• If you don't have alphabet macaroni use broken pieces of spagetti.

SLOW COOKER MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Add all your ingredients into the slow cooker with the exception of the noodles.
• Cook on low for 4-6 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.
• Add the cooked noodles in just before serving.
• Note: Feel free to mix and match the beans and veggies with what you have available in your fridge and pantry.

SPRUCED-UP SLOW COOKER MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease. Transfer beef to a slow cooker.
• Add pinto beans, minestrone soup, corn, green beans, diced tomatoes, and diced tomatoes and green chiles. Stir and close the lid.
• Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours or on High for 4 hours.

SLOW COOKER BEEF MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium skillet, brown ground beef until completely cooked.
• Place your ground beef, diced tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, celery, onion, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper into your slow cooker.
• Add in beef stock, water, and tomato juice.
• Cover and cook on low heat 6-8 hours or high 3-4 hours.
• After cooking time is up, add in red kidney beans, cannellini beans, zucchini, pasta, and green beans. Cook on high heat for an additional 15 minutes or until pasta is tender.

SLOW-COOKER VEGETABLE MINESTRONE

Steps:

• In 4- to 5-quart slow cooker, mix all ingredients except pasta and cheese.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours.
• Stir in pasta. Increase heat setting to High; cover and cook 15 to 20 minutes longer or until pasta is tender. Sprinkle each serving with cheese. Note: This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer's directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.