Recipe: Appetizing Minestrone soup with quinoa

Minestrone soup with quinoa. Hearty, healthy, and delicious minestrone soup with quinoa - an easy-to-prepare vegetarian and gluten-free soup recipe. One thing I don't talk about on here very much is where I'm from. If you've been lurking around my site for quite some time, you know that I grew up in Lake Tahoe, where.

I didn't think it would be easy. This quinoa minestrone is my compromise. It's chunky just as Matt likes it, but has some of my favorite veggies inside. You can have Minestrone soup with quinoa using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Minestrone soup with quinoa

1. Prepare of olive oil.
2. It's of small chopped onion.
3. It's of carrot chopped.
4. You need of chopped capsicum.
5. You need of chopped tomatoes.
6. You need of vegetable stock.
7. You need of quinoa.
8. Prepare of Italian seasoning.
9. Prepare of Salt.
10. Prepare of black beans.
11. It's of green onion.

While not quite as pronounced texturally wise as the pasta would be, the quinoa upped the protein content of the soup, keeping it hearty and filling without overloading your body with. A healthy twist on minestrone soup. Minestrone is a thick soup originating from Italy. It's made with mirepoix (celery, onion, carrots), vegetables I've added a few healthy twists, including replacing pasta or rice with quinoa.

Minestrone soup with quinoa instructions

1. Put oil in a pan and heat it up.
2. Add chopped onions +carrots +1/4 chopped capsicum fry it for couple minutes.
3. Add chopped tomatoes to it and mix it well and let it cook for few minutes add 4 cup vegetable stock let it comes to a boil and keep stirring in between.
4. Once it comes to a boil add 1/3 cup uncooked and washed quinoa to it let it simmer for 10 minutes.
5. Add Italian seasoning and salt as per test add boiled black beans 1/2 cup and let it simmer for couple of minutes.
6. In the and add a stick of green onion and simmer it some more add some more stock or water depending on how thick you want the soup to be.
7. Bring to boil and there you go you can add some pasta if you want.
8. Enjoy your soup in winter days.

The quinoa is not just a fun flavor twist, it also adds a whole lot of protein to this. A rich hearty minestrone soup, loaded with vegetables and gluten free! Minestrone traditionally has a tomato and stock base, lots of vegetables and sometimes meat or pasta. Mine has both, making it hearty and filling! Minestrone is a thick vegetable/bean soup, usually with the addition of pasta.