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Healthy Vegetable Minestrone Soup - Lunch Version

<p>This Minestrone Soup recipe is chock full of vegetables in a chicken or vegetable stock base. Add chicken to make it a little more hearty or leave the chicken out and use vegetable stock to make it vegetarian. Either way, it makes a quick lunch that easy to serve from freezer to table and is healthy, low-calorie and quite tasty</p>
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cups dice Onion
  • 1/2 cups slice Carrot
  • 1/2 cups slice Celery
  • 1 teaspoon mince Garlic, Cloves
  • 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 4 cups Chicken Broth/Stock
  • 14 1/2 ounces Diced Tomatoes, Canned
  • 16 ounces Mixed Vegetables, Frozen
  • 2 ounces Elbows
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/4 teaspoons Basil, Dried
  • 1/4 teaspoons Oregano, Dried
  • 1/4 teaspoons Black Pepper
  • 1 cup cook and dice Chicken, Boneless Breasts
  • 1 cup chunk Zucchini

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Nutritional Information

  • 1 serving = about 1.5 cups
  • 180 Calories
  • 4g Total Fat
  • 1g Sat Fat
  • 0g Trans Fat
  • 24mg Cholesterol
  • 1082mg Sodium
  • 23g Total Carb
  • 2g Fiber
  • 4g Total Sugars (Includes 0g Added Sugars)
  • 12g Protein
  • 2 WW Freestyle

Make It Now Cooking Directions

These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.

  1. In a large soup pot, saute onion, carrot, celery and garlic in oil until tender.
  2. Add broth, tomatoes, vegetables, macaroni and seasonings.
  3. Bring to a boil.
  4. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 5 minutes.
  5. Add chicken and zucchini and cook until zucchini is crisp tender.

Freeze For Later Cooking Directions

These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).

Why would I want to freeze this?

  1. In a large soup pot, saute onion, carrot, celery and garlic in oil until tender.
  2. Add broth, tomatoes, vegetables, macaroni and seasonings.
  3. Bring to a boil.
  4. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 5 minutes.
  5. Add chicken and zucchini and cook until zucchini is crisp tender.
  6. Let cool.
  7. Divide among the indicated number of freezer bags. Affix label & freeze.

Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions

These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.

  1. Thaw: In fridge
  2. Reheat in microwave until warmed through.

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