I posted this on this forum in October 2008 in a thread called “soup”. Still still one of my easy favorites.
Minestrone Soup for Dummies
2 cans reduced fat veggie or chicken broth
2 cans regular stewed tomatoes
1 can stewed tomatoes with Italian seasonings
1 can garbanzo beans drained and rinsed
1 can red kidney beans drained and rinsed
1 can white kidney beans drained and rinsed
3 stalks celery cut in ½ inch slices
4 carrots cut in 1 inch slices or 1# bag baby carrots
1 medium onion quartered
1 zucchini or yellow summer squash cut lengthwise into quarters
and then cut into chunks
1 handful of whole wheat pasta
In a crockpot put the ingredients in this order, carrots, celery, onion, all the beans, all the stewed tomatoes, and all the soup. Cook on low temperature in your crockpot all day.
When you get home, add a couple of handfuls of whole wheat pasta (I use rotini) and the summer squash.
Continue to cook on low for an additional hour.
This is a great high fiber, low fat, low cholesterol recipe….and really conforms to Weight Watchers (hardly any points and mostly core ingredients).