Quinoa Minestrone "Soup"
Quinoa Minestrone "Soup"

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, quinoa minestrone "soup". It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Quinoa Minestrone "Soup" is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Quinoa Minestrone "Soup" is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

Bring home the taste of Rao's Vegetable Minestrone Soup today. Bring high-quality ingredients and flavors to your pantry. Finding fresh green beans at my grocery store can be hit or miss, so I used canned to make this minestrone soup happen. Traditional minestrone soup includes pasta noodles, but I replaced the noodles with quinoa in order to keep the soup gluten-free.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook quinoa minestrone "soup" using 15 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Quinoa Minestrone "Soup":
  1. Prepare Half cup of quinoa (around 150g I've used, that wasn't half cup)
  2. Prepare Around 1 liter of veggie stock
  3. Prepare 500 g spinach, chopped
  4. Make ready 50 g basil leaves, chopped
  5. Make ready 2 onions, chopped
  6. Take 2 medium potatoes, diced 🥔
  7. Get 4-5 garlic, minced
  8. Get 1 tomato, diced 🍅
  9. Take 150 g carrots (3/4 cup), diced
  10. Take 150 g Green beans (3/4 cup), diced
  11. Prepare 1 peek sliced
  12. Make ready Half cup celery, diced
  13. Make ready 1 zucchini, peeled and diced
  14. Prepare Olive oil,
  15. Get Salt and pepper

Classic minestrone is made with pasta. But since we often bend the rules around here, rather than pasta I added in quinoa. 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 refined carbs. This Quinoa Gluten-Free Minestrone Soup recipe is a go-to favorite because it's loaded with vegetables and beans and perfect for meal-prepping.

Steps to make Quinoa Minestrone "Soup":
  1. So first of all this recipe is a bit of experiment. I definitely wouldn't call it a soup, as it became quite thick even though I have added some splash of water during cooking, and also I would probably change a few things next time. I will write some conclusions as a last 'step' so I won't forget…
  2. First things first, let's dice and prepare everything. On this picture, the 2 darker green bowls contain the "spinach-basil base", in the next step I will write down how I made that and this picture also contains the cooked quinoa.
  3. Spinach-basil base: so we got the chopped spinach and basil leaves, and about a liter of stock. We mix them and blend it as smooth as possible. I've used a normal hand blender.
  4. So just to don't forget, as a step please cook the quinoa, if you haven't done already.
  5. On a bit of oil sauté the onions over medium heat for a few minutes until they get golden a bit,then add the garlic and the diced tomato, bit of salt and pepper and cook for a few minutes.
  6. Add the carrots, green beans, leek and celery then mix well.
  7. Poor in the blended Spinach-basil base and add the quinoa to the pot. Season to taste. Cook on medium heat for 15 minutes.
  8. Finally, add the zucchini and the potatoes and cook for another 15 minutes, or until the veggies reached how you like them (super soft or a bit al dente? 😊) finally if needed season again with salt and pepper.
  9. Finally, serve it!
  10. And as I was cooking some notes here what I tried to differently. I definitely need more liquid or less filling as at the end, especially on the next day it looks more like a veggie stew. I also wonder how it could be a bit better looking. Advises welcome! 😊

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 refined carbs. This Quinoa Gluten-Free Minestrone Soup recipe is a go-to favorite because it's loaded with vegetables and beans and perfect for meal-prepping. Make this hearty vegetarian minestrone soup recipe today and serve it with your favorite bread or crackers. Gluten-free minestrone soup recipes are delicious and great part of our easy vegan recipes. Bring the soup to a boil over high heat.

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