Slow-Cooker Minestrone

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Soup

Ingredients

  • 32 oz. vegetable stock
  • 3 cups V8 or tomato juice
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 medium potatoes, peeled and chopped
  • 2 celery ribs, chopped
  • 2 medium carrots, chopped
  • 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes, undrained
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tbsp. Italian seasoning
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 16 oz. kidney beans, rinsed and drained
  • 15 oz. cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
  • 14.5 oz. can cut green beans, drained
  • 1 small zucchini, chopped
  • 1 cup uncooked ditalini pasta
  • Grated Parmesan

Directions

  1. 1 Combine the first 13 ingredients in a slow cooker. Cook, covered, on LOW until vegetables are tender, 6-8 hours. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cook, covered, on HIGH until the pasta is tender, 30 minutes longer. Discard bay leaves. Top with grated Parmesan.

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