This month our Cooking Light Virtual Supper Club decided to make light lunches. Our recipes for this month are easily portable lunches that you can make and take.
With fall coming I decided I a Vegetarian Minestrone soup would be a good order of the day. The recipe I picked was easy and used ingredients most of us already have in our pantry. I know you are all wondering - since you chose a Vegetarian Minestrone - did Grumpy eat it and if he did, did he like it? The answer is yes and yes. He and I both agree that it needed more salt but other than needing more salt it turned out really well. I also realize that saltiness is a matter of taste and I think you should make the recipe as it is stated and only add salt to taste after it is done. I also suggest that you do not add more than the 1/4 cup of pasta that it calls for. When I put the pasta in the soup I though that it wasn't enough so I put in another 1/4 cup. That was a mistake! This made the broth much less as the pasta really swelled up.
To see what the other Virtual Supper Club members brought to our Lightened Lunches check out their links below.
Salad- Aggie -Lemony Orzo Salad
Sandwich - Helene - Mozzarella Chicken Sandwich
Shelby - Vegetarian Minestrone for recipe CLICK HERE
Jamie -Chocolate Fudge Snack Cake
19 comments:
Shelby,
What a healthy soup and perfect for lunch. I just printed the recipe. I know my family will love it. Thanks for sharing it for our virtual supper club.
I'm making this when I get back from vacation Shelby! I love a good hearty and healthy soup so this one sounds perfect!! And thanks for the pasta warning! Your pictures look delish!
We are on the same cooking wave length lately - I cooked minestrone on Monday! I'll have to give your version a try too!
Oh, looks great! (And that's coming from me, the grand carnivore!) :D
Thanks for the tip on not adding more pasta. I make a baked spaghetti that's the same way. It calls for a tiny amount of pasta, but it really is enough for the whole dish once it poofs up.
xo
+Jessie
Makes me think of fall-all warm and comforting!
With my favourite time of the year and cooler weather approaching this would be perfect for packing for lunch. Thanks for sharing it with our Cooking Light Virtual Supper Club.
MM I love minestrone! I'm so glad the weather starting to change. Soup is the best during the cooler months!
We're soup people for sure. I can't wait to make this!
This is comfort food at is best. Love the color of your minestrone. Thanks for making this soup for this month Cooking Light Virtual Supper Club.
I'm looking forward to soup weather this fall, so i'll have to try this version of Minestrone; I looks delicious!
In the winter time, I love to keep a crockpot of soup going in the kitchen. I'm anxious to give this one a try. Thanks.
oh yummy, this looks like the perfect lunch!
This is a great lunch, so appetizing looking!!!
Those pics are gorgeous!
Looks delish, I will be making it soon. Can I use fresh basil in it? I have a bumper crop!
what a perfect little lunch you had. i like the addition of the ritz crackers! everything looks great!
Yummmm... I can smell it simmering from here!
I'm making this when I get back from vacation Shelby! I love a good hearty and healthy soup so this one sounds perfect!! And thanks for the pasta warning! Your pictures look delish!
This sounds like a perfect easy and healthy lunch!
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