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Bowls of AIP/Paleo Minestrone Soup without tomatoes

AIP/Paleo Minestrone (Nightshade-free, Legume-free)

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Description

A hearty AIP/Paleo Minestrone soup without tomatoes or legumes. It’s packed with veggies, spiced ground meat and gluten free pasta.

Ingredients

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  • 2 TBSP olive oil
  • 1 large yellow onion, diced
  • 1.5 cups diced celery – about 3 large stalks
  • 1 cup carrots, diced – about 3 medium sized carrots
  • 1 lb ground beef, turkey or chicken
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2.5 tsp sea salt
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 TBSP dried oregano
  • 1/2 TBSP dried thyme
  • 1 tsp dried basil
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes (omit for AIP or if nightshade-free)
  • 2 medium sized Hannah, Japanese or murasaki sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 4 cups sodium free beef or chicken stock or bone broth (if following AIP, ensure ingredients are compliant)
  • 1 cup nomato sauce
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 zucchinis, roughly chopped
  • 1 pack AIP pasta (optional)
  • 2 cups spinach
  • chopped fresh parsley, for garnish (optional)

Instructions

  1. To a large stockpot, add olive oil and heat stove on medium heat.
  2. Add onion, celery, and carrots, and sauté until onions turn translucent.
  3. Add ground meat, garlic, sea salt, onion powder, garlic powder, dried oregano, dried thyme, dried basil, and red pepper flakes. Sauté for 3-5 minutes, allowing the meat to brown and mix with the seasoning.
  4. Add sweet potatoes.
  5. Add broth*, nomato sauce**, water, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil, cover, and boil for 10 minutes.
  6. To the boiling broth, add zucchini*** and cook for 5 minutes.
  7. Add pasta if using, and boil for 10 minutes**** or cook until pasta is al dente.
  8. Add spinach and stir to wilt.
  9. Taste and adjust salt as necessary. Garnish with chopped parsley (optional).

Notes

*I use a sodium free bone broth, so keep this in mind when using the amount of salt that this recipe calls for.

**If you’d like the soup to more visually resemble a minestrone with tomatoes, add the nomato sauce later on in the cooking process to achieve a redder color. Or, omit nomato sauce to make a green minestrone soup.

***I like chunkier veggies in my soup. The zucchini is cut about 1/2-inch thick so I let them have a longer cook time (about 15 minutes). If you cut the zucchini in thinner pieces, they won’t need to cook as long as this. Add them in just before you add the pasta.

****If using pasta to serve immediately, cook it directly in the soup until pasta is al dente. If storing leftovers, I recommend boiling the pasta separately and stirring it into the leftovers so that it doesn’t get too soggy/mushy in the soup in the fridge. Likewise, if you plan to freeze this soup,  omit the pasta and cook it on the stove when you plan to serve it.

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 35 minutes
  • Category: Soup
  • Method: Stovetop
  • Cuisine: Italian inspired

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