Swedish minestrone with beans and pasta

Swedish minestrone with beans and pasta

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A hearty vegetable minestrone, featuring garden vegetables, white beans, green peas, and small pasta, slowly simmered in vegetable broth and seasoned to p…

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This hearty minestrone combines seasonal vegetables, white beans, and small pasta shapes, in a vegetable broth.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time25 min
  • Cook time1 hr 10 min
  • Total1 hr 35 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodCooking in a saucepan
  • Estimated cost$11.52 $1.92 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

6 people
  • $0.18
  • $0.21
  • $0.16
  • $0.77
  • $0.68
  • $1.33
  • $7.29
  • $0.67
  • $0.23

Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Heat the onion in a large saucepan until the fat has melted.
  2. Add the carrots, garlic, celery, tomatoes, and potatoes. Stir in the parsley, pour in the broth, and simmer, covered, for about 45 minutes.
  3. Add the remaining ingredients, taste, and season with salt and pepper, then let it simmer for another 20 minutes.

The bill

Swedish minestrone with beans and pasta

  • 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped$0.18
  • 1 finely chopped yellow onion$0.21
  • 2 stalks of celery, finely chopped$0.16
  • 2 carrots, diced$0.77
  • 2 cups of diced apples$0.68
  • 5 cl of chopped parsley$1.33
  • 2 litres of vegetable stock$7.29
  • 200 g of canned white beans, drained$0.67
  • 100 g of fresh green peas$0.23

Total$11.52

that's $1.92 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 finely chopped yellow onion
  • 2 stalks of celery, finely chopped
  • 2 carrots, diced
  • 4 peeled and chopped tomatoes
  • 2 cups of diced apples
  • 5 cl of chopped parsley
  • 2 litres of vegetable stock
  • 1 zucchini, diced
  • 200 g of canned white beans, drained
  • 100 g of fresh green peas
  • 100 g of small pasta or orzo

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