Quinoa Minestrone "Soup"
Quinoa Minestrone "Soup"

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, quinoa minestrone "soup". It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Quinoa Minestrone "Soup" is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Quinoa Minestrone "Soup" is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook quinoa minestrone "soup" using 15 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Quinoa Minestrone "Soup":
  1. Make ready Half cup of quinoa (around 150g I've used, that wasn't half cup)
  2. Prepare Around 1 liter of veggie stock
  3. Make ready 500 g spinach, chopped
  4. Get 50 g basil leaves, chopped
  5. Prepare 2 onions, chopped
  6. Prepare 2 medium potatoes, diced 🥔
  7. Prepare 4-5 garlic, minced
  8. Take 1 tomato, diced 🍅
  9. Make ready 150 g carrots (3/4 cup), diced
  10. Make ready 150 g Green beans (3/4 cup), diced
  11. Make ready 1 peek sliced
  12. Make ready Half cup celery, diced
  13. Take 1 zucchini, peeled and diced
  14. Take Olive oil,
  15. Get Salt and pepper
Instructions to make Quinoa Minestrone "Soup":
  1. So first of all this recipe is a bit of experiment. I definitely wouldn't call it a soup, as it became quite thick even though I have added some splash of water during cooking, and also I would probably change a few things next time. I will write some conclusions as a last 'step' so I won't forget…
  2. First things first, let's dice and prepare everything. On this picture, the 2 darker green bowls contain the "spinach-basil base", in the next step I will write down how I made that and this picture also contains the cooked quinoa.
  3. Spinach-basil base: so we got the chopped spinach and basil leaves, and about a liter of stock. We mix them and blend it as smooth as possible. I've used a normal hand blender.
  4. So just to don't forget, as a step please cook the quinoa, if you haven't done already.
  5. On a bit of oil sauté the onions over medium heat for a few minutes until they get golden a bit,then add the garlic and the diced tomato, bit of salt and pepper and cook for a few minutes.
  6. Add the carrots, green beans, leek and celery then mix well.
  7. Poor in the blended Spinach-basil base and add the quinoa to the pot. Season to taste. Cook on medium heat for 15 minutes.
  8. Finally, add the zucchini and the potatoes and cook for another 15 minutes, or until the veggies reached how you like them (super soft or a bit al dente? 😊) finally if needed season again with salt and pepper.
  9. Finally, serve it!
  10. And as I was cooking some notes here what I tried to differently. I definitely need more liquid or less filling as at the end, especially on the next day it looks more like a veggie stew. I also wonder how it could be a bit better looking. Advises welcome! 😊

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