Best minestrone!! Don't leave out the red wine it ablsolutely makes this soup! I used frozen spinach, no zucchini (didn't have any), 4 cans of chicken broth, trippled the pasta, added a can of garbanzo beans, used dried basil and oregano and added a tsp of crushed red pepper. Spicy with the red pepper but that's how I like it! WOW!!! So much flavor! I cant wait to make it again with zucchini and fresh herbs it can only get better!

Reviewed On: Oct. 22, 2011

I honestly don't understand all the rave reviews on this one. I made it as written except for using real onion and less mayo and I thought it was barely palatable. I thought the ingredients sounded a bit odd together but I had to try it since so many people loved it. I thought the dill to be an overwhelming flavor (and I love dill) and the only thing the parsley did was add more green funky color.. maybe fresh would add more flavor? The addition of parmesan did nothing for this but add more calories.. again maybe a good quality fresh grated parm would've added the zip I was expecting. I couldn't even taste the curry in this because my taste buds were overwhelmed with dill and sweet pickle. I wouldn't even attempt this again even with some changes. I didn't like it at all!

Reviewed On: Aug. 21, 2011

As written this chili is a bit bland. I doubled the chili powder and cumin as other reviewers have also stated. Also since ground turkey comes in the 20oz packages I only used that amount and to make up for the lack of meat I added 2 carrots, 2 celery stalks and a yellow pepper (in addition to the green pepper) Love my veggies! I only had 3 cans of stewed tomatoes so I added 1 can of petite diced and it worked out well. I pulsed the stewed tomatoes in the food processor easier than chopping so many cans of them. If your stewed tomatoes don't have basil and oregano in them you would want to add that to the chili. My stewed tomatoes didn't have garlic so I added some minced to the chili as well. I salted the veggies while they were sauteeing so I didn't add any salt later. With all this it had great flavor and a spice level that is mellow enough for most children. I like a lot more heat so I added sriracha chili sauce to my own bowl. Very yummy!

Reviewed On: Jul. 24, 2011