How to Make Speedy Quinoa Minestrone "Soup"

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, quinoa minestrone "soup". One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. 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. Make ready Around 1 liter of veggie stock
3. Make ready 500 g spinach, chopped
4. Prepare 50 g basil leaves, chopped
5. Get 2 onions, chopped
6. Take 2 medium potatoes, diced 🥔
7. Prepare 4-5 garlic, minced
8. Get 1 tomato, diced 🍅
9. Make ready 150 g carrots (3/4 cup), diced
10. Get 150 g Green beans (3/4 cup), diced
11. Make ready 1 peek sliced
12. Prepare Half cup celery, diced
13. Take 1 zucchini, peeled and diced
14. Prepare 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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