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Slow-Cooker Italian Vegetable Soup with White Beans

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  • Prep 5 min
  • Total 9 hr 25 min
  • Ingredients 8
  • Servings 6
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Minestrone-style soups never disappoint. Try this one, with plenty of pasta, creamy cannellini beans, vegetables, and a dollop of prepared pesto.
Updated Nov 16, 2009
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Ingredients

  • 2 (19-oz.) cans cannellini beans, drained
  • 1 (1-lb.) pkg. frozen mixed vegetables
  • 1 (14.5-oz.) can diced tomatoes with basil, garlic and oregano, undrained
  • 1 (12-oz.) bottle vegetable juice cocktail
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 1/2 oz. (1/2 cup) uncooked penne or mostaccioli (tube-shaped pasta)
  • 1/4 cup purchased pesto

Steps

  • 1
    In 3 to 4-quart slow cooker, combine all ingredients except penne and pesto; mix well.
  • 2
    Cover; cook on Low setting for 8 to 9 hours.
  • 3
    About 20 minutes before serving, stir penne into soup. Increase heat setting to High; cover and cook an additional 15 to 20 minutes or until penne is tender.
  • 4
    To serve, top individual servings with 2 teaspoons pesto.

Tips from the Pillsbury Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Acidic ingredients such as tomatoes and vegetable juice keep vegetables from softening too much during all-day simmering. A garnish of bright green pesto freshens each serving of long-cooked soup.
  • tip 2
    Great northern beans can be used in place of the cannellini beans. The can sizes will vary but, in this soup, those differences won't matter.
  • tip 3
    Don't be fooled into adding more pasta; 1/2 cup looks skimpy when you stir it in, but as it cooks it swells into the right proportion for the soup.

Nutrition Information

330 Calories, 7g Total Fat, 21g Protein, 62g Total Carbohydrate, 8g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 1/3 Cups
Calories
330
Calories from Fat
65
Total Fat
7g
11%
Saturated Fat
1g
5%
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
1010mg
42%
Total Carbohydrate
62g
21%
Dietary Fiber
16g
64%
Sugars
8g
Protein
21g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
88%
88%
Vitamin C
26%
26%
Calcium
14%
14%
Iron
38%
38%
Exchanges:
2 1/2 Starch; 1 Vegetable; 1 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
3
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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