Crock Pot Copy Cat Olive Garden Minestrone Soup Recipe

I love Olive Garden! On a cold winter day there is nothing like a bowl of hot Olive Garden Minestrone Soup!

Most of the time when we go to Olive Garden I fill up on soup and take my pasta home for left overs. It works out perfect! Today we are sharing a Crock Pot Copy Cat Olive Garden Minestrone Soup Recipe that is perfect for those days you really crave Olive Garden but the idea of leaving your house is painful. Don’t worry we know exactly how you are feeling.

There are days you just want to curl up on the couch with a hot bowl of soup and watch a great movie. You don’t want to do your make up, hair or get dressed in outside clothes. I get it! I feel that way more often than I should admit.

Don’t worry! This Crock Pot Copy Cat Olive Garden Minestrone Soup Recipe is perfect for those days! 

Crock Pot Copy Cat Olive Garden Minestrone Soup Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 cups low-sodium vegetable stock
• 2 cups water
• 2 (14.5 oz) cans diced tomatoes
• 1 cup diced celery (3 stalks)
• 1 cup diced carrots (2 carrots)
• 1 cup diced yellow onion (1 small)
• 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley (or 2 tsp dried)
• 2 tsp dried basil
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 3/4 tsp dried rosemary, crushed
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 1/3 cups diced zucchini (1 small)
• 1 1/3 cups shell pasta
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (15 oz) can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (15 oz) can white navy beans or cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
• 2 cups packed chopped fresh spinach
• Finely shredded Parmesan cheese

Directions

• Add vegetable stock, water, tomatoes, celery, carrots, onion, parsley, basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, bay leaves and sugar to your slow cooker.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste and cook on low heat 6 – 8 hours or high 3 – 4 hours.
• About 30 -40 minutes before serving add in zucchini, pasta, garlic, kidney beans and white beans and cook on high until pasta is tender. Stir in spinach and Italian green beans and cook several minutes until heated through.

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Crock Pot Copy Cat Olive Garden Minestrone Soup Recipe

 

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Author: Tammilee

Ingredients

• 4 cups low-sodium vegetable stock
• 2 cups water
• 2 (14.5 oz) cans diced tomatoes
• 1 cup diced celery (3 stalks)
• 1 cup diced carrots (2 carrots)
• 1 cup diced yellow onion (1 small)
• 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley (or 2 tsp dried)
• 2 tsp dried basil
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• ¾ tsp dried rosemary, crushed
• ½ tsp dried thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• ½ tsp sugar
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1⅓ cups diced zucchini (1 small)
• 1⅓ cups shell pasta
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (15 oz) can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (15 oz) can white navy beans or cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
• 2 cups packed chopped fresh spinach
• Finely shredded Parmesan cheese

Instructions

1. Add vegetable stock, water, tomatoes, celery, carrots, onion, parsley, basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, bay leaves and sugar to your slow cooker.
2. Season with salt and pepper to taste and cook on low heat 6 - 8 hours or high 3 - 4 hours.
3. About 30 -40 minutes before serving add in zucchini, pasta, garlic, kidney beans and white beans and cook on high until pasta is tender.
4. Stir in spinach and Italian green beans and cook several minutes until heated through.

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