Heart Healthy Minestrone Soup

Name: Heart Healthy Minestrone Soup
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 2 carrots, peeled and chopped; 2 celery stalks, chopped; 4 garlic cloves, minced; 1 Tbsp tomato paste; 1 bay leaf; 1 lb Swiss chard, stems removed and leaves coarsely chopped; 1 large potato, peeled and cubed; 4 fresh tomatoes, diced or 1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes; 4 cups vegetable broth (gluten free if needed); 1 can (15 oz) cannellini beans, rinsed and drained; 1/8 tsp salt; 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley; 1/8 tsp dried oregano; 1/4 tsp chopped fresh thyme; 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar; Black pepper to taste

By Judy Capodanno

Published 2/7/2022

Dietitian Reviewed: Jane Schwartz, RDN, CLT

Approved for These Diets:

Heart Healthy | Gluten Free | Diabetic | Vegetarian | Vegan

It is hard to beat a steaming bowl of heart healthy minestrone soup for a satisfying, gluten-free meal. This heart-healthy soup recipe is loaded with vegetables, garlic, herbs and soft cannellini beans bathed in a steaming broth. Minestrone is a low sodium soup that’s also low fat, low calorie and has no cholesterol, making it the best “Welcome Home” vegetable soup for heart patients.

Total Time

60 minutes

Servings

Calories

134

Why You’ll Love This Heart Healthy Soup

Soup is heart healthy, right? Not necessarily. Many soups are heavily salted and drowning in carbs. But this vegetable soup recipe is a perfect low calorie, low-fat meal for your heart healthy diet.

Heart Healthy minestrone soup is about the best heart healthy soup you can make in under one hour. It’s a high-fiber soup loaded with 5 fresh, healthy vegetables and a can of white beans.

Homemade minestrone is a very low sodium soup, and there are no added noodles or carbs to weight down your digestive system. This is a diabetic recipe, a heart healthy recipe, a gluten free soup recipe and it’s an easy, one-pan vegetable soup recipe for people on Vegan and Vegetarian diets.

Helpful How-To Video

How to Make Minestrone Soup

Step 1

Heat the oil in a heavy large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery and garlic. Sauté until the onion is softened, about 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste and bay leaf and stir. Add the Swiss chard and potato and sauté for 2 minutes. Add the diced tomatoes. Simmer for about 10 to 15 minutes.
Step 2

Add the vegetable broth. Simmer until the potato pieces are tender, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. Stir in the beans, salt, parsley, oregano, thyme and red wine vinegar. Simmer until the beans are heated through and the soup is thick. Remove the bay leaf. Season with black pepper to taste.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size:

1 cup

134

Calories

Fat

Cholesterol

290

Sodium

Carbs

Sat. Fat

Fiber

Protein

Heart Healthy Minestrone Soup

Why You’ll Love This Heart Healthy Soup

Ingredients

Helpful How-To Video

How to Make Minestrone Soup

Step 1

Step 2

Nutrition Facts

More Recipes Like Minestrone Soup

Join Our Newsletter