Vegetable Pasta Soup
This soup eats like a meal, thanks to a garden’s worth of veggies and a healthy helping of whole wheat pasta.
![Vegetable Pasta Soup](/img/b9efd242-3dc5-41e8-92c1-13491c807386/Vegetable_pasta_soup-1.jpg?fm=png&crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0&w=960)
Temperature: | Medium heat |
Serving size: | 2 cups |
Prep time: | 20 minutes |
Cook time: | 25 minutes |
Total time: | 45 minutes |
Equipment: | Large pot |
Utensils: | Mixing spoon Measuring cups and spoons |
Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil OR vegetable oil
2 carrots, chopped
1 large onion, diced
1 zucchini, chopped
1 14.5 ounce can no salt added diced tomatoes with green chilies with liquid
2 14.5 ounce cans reduced sodium (vegetable or chicken) broth
4 cups water
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning OR Celebrate Your Plate Italian Seasoning
2 cups uncooked small whole grain pasta
6 cups fresh spinach (about 1/2 pound)
Instructions
- Before you begin, wash your hands, surfaces, utensils, tops of cans, and produce.
- Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat until hot. Add onions and carrots. Cook until the produce is softened (about 3 minutes), stirring often.
- Stir in zucchini and canned tomatoes. Cook 3-4 minutes.
- Stir in the broth, water, salt, and Italian seasoning or dried basil. Bring to a boil.
- Stir in the pasta and spinach. Return to a boil.
- Cook until the pasta is tender, about 8 minutes
Tips
- Packaged, prewashed spinach does not need to be washed. Spinach that is not packaged should be rinsed under running water before using.
- Try using kale, collard greens, or a 10-ounce package of frozen spinach in place of fresh spinach.
- Use washed and diced garden tomatoes and homemade broth if they are available.
Ingredients
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What goes in Vegetable Pasta Soup?
![Spinach](/img/e8df294f-ab53-4ed5-bb1d-a2c24245fac3/Spinach.png?fm=png&crop=133%2C133%2C0%2C0)
![Zucchini](/img/7c16e88f-f8ac-4279-ad6d-8e8005bbf285/Zucchini.png?fm=png&crop=133%2C133%2C0%2C0)
![Carrots](/img/898ad10f-b74f-46ef-b9fd-2338bbefc30b/Carrots.png?fm=png&crop=133%2C133%2C0%2C0)
![Chopped Onions](/img/883e2ad8-30ce-487b-acee-5f80a60310ba/Chopped_Onions.png?fm=png&crop=133%2C133%2C0%2C0)
![Dicedtomatoes](/img/4d77295e-81d0-41f2-8def-12de33ede8d2/dicedtomatoes.png?fm=png&crop=133%2C133%2C0%2C0)