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Hearty Beef, Pasta, and Spinach Minestrone

By: Cooking Light magazine

"This minestrone is a breeze to whip up. Try it with crusty sourdough bread and Caesar salad."

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Original Recipe Yield 4 servings

Ingredients

1/2 pound ground round
6 cups water
1 (14.5 ounce) can no-salt-added stewed tomatoes, undrained and chopped
1 (4.4 ounce) package minestrone soup mix
1/2 cup uncooked ditalini (very short tubular macaroni)
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach - thawed, drained and squeezed dry

Directions

Cook ground round in a large Dutch oven over medium heat until the meat is browned, stirring to crumble. Drain well, and return meat to pan. Stir in water, stewed tomatoes, and soup mix, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in ditalini and chopped spinach, and simmer for 7 minutes or until the pasta is tender.

Footnotes

Reprinted with permission of Cooking Light® magazine. All rights reserved.
CALORIES 281 (12% from fat); FAT 3.7g (sat 0.9g, mono 1.0g, poly 0.3g); PROTEIN 22g; CARB 40.4g; FIBER 5.6g; CHOL 32mg; IRON 4.9mg; SODIUM 851mg; CALC 129m

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Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by FROSTY1

My wife and I really enjoyed this Minestrone recipe. The preparation was a breeze and it...

Reviewed on Oct. 8, 2007 by WORKINGGIRL61

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Very tasty, quick and easy to make. I make this soup at least once a month during the winter....

Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by Bec

Very tasty, and so easy to make too! I substituted stew beef for ground round and added a can...

Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by AZgin

Great recipe. Easy to make, tastes great. I added more macaroni to fill the soup up. The...

Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by HARMBRIZ

This minestrone is very easy to make. It is also very delicious if you like spinach (which my...

Reviewed on Jun. 16, 2005 by JSALAS

OK, but not great.

Reviewed on Feb. 13, 2004 by JENNWYNN

Excellent flavor - does not taste like 'packaged' soup. Ground turkey works great too. One of...

Reviewed on Mar. 23, 2005 by BADDABING28

This is a great recipe, now a family favorite. I do want to note that I kick it up with...

Reviewed on Oct. 14, 2004 by PB9867

I don't know if I didn't have the correct Minestrone mix or what but it was not the best.

Reviewed on Jun. 3, 2004 by KATIEE1

Sorry to disagree with everyone, but this was not impressive! All I could taste was the...

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