There's nothing quite like the comfort of warm homemade soup, and it's even better when your slow cooker does most of the work for you! This slow-cooker minestrone is easy to put together but has all the flavor of a high-effort dish. —Erin Raatjes, New Lenox, Illinois

Slow-Cooker Minestrone

carton (32 ounces) vegetable or chicken stock

V8 or tomato juice

water

potatoes,

celery ribs, chopped

carrots,

(14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained

onion,

garlic cloves,

bay leaves

Italian seasoning

salt

pepper

(16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed and drained

(15 ounces) cannellini beans, rinsed and drained

(14-1/2 ounces) cut green beans, drained

zucchini,

ditalini

Parmesan cheese, optional

Combine the first 13 ingredients in a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker. Cook, covered, on low 6-8 hours or until vegetables are tender. Stir in beans, zucchini and pasta. Cook, covered, on high about 30 minutes longer or until pasta is tender. Discard bay leaves. If desired, top with cheese.

It was pretty good, but I think the instruction to put the kidney and canellinni beans in with only 30 min. to go was mistaken. These did not cook enough, and the pasta overcooked while we had to  leave it on to cook the kidney beans.  I would put these beans in, in the beginning, and the green beans and pasta the last 30 min.

Enjoyed this!  My husband said i have to make it.. alot! I used chicken stock and tomato juice. I left out the green beans and zucchini and added 4 cups chopped cabbage as i ate at an italian restaurant the night before and they had cabbage in theirs and i loved that.  I cooked the pasta separately as i had read elsewhere it can use up the soup liquid. Was glad i did!  I also accidentally added the kidney beans at the start, but no harm seemed to be done.  I will definitely double the salt next time, and add more liquid, maybe a cup extra of stock and juice if it will fit in your crock pot. The next day it was more like a stew, than soup.  Might need to add a little bit more seasoning also at that point.  I also tripled the garlic, as hey, we LOVE garlic. I think next time i will also add the zucchini.  This was the first time i made minestrone soup, definitely fun and easy to make. Great basic recipe to add whatever veggies you like.

<p>I made this and It was good ! Love eating healthy . </p>

This was quite good.  I used chicken broth and tomato juice...just kept adding until I had the right consistency and quantity for my family.

Very tasty. I used half hot and spicy vegetable juice and the other half low sodium vegetable juice. I also substituted navy beans for the kidney beans, as that's what I had on hand. Was delicious.

This was delicious. I made a few adjustments. No celery as I don’t like celery or green beans  and used hot and spicy v8 juice. And added Italian sausage. Yummy. Highly recommend

slow-cooker minestrone

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 6 hours, 30 minutes

Total: 6 hours, 50 minutes

Servings: 8

Author : Taste of Home

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