Instant Pot Minestrone

🧂 Ingredients

• 4 tablespoon olive oil

  (extra virgin)
• 1 medium yellow onion

  (chopped)
• 2 medium carrots

  (peeled and chopped)
• 2 ribs celery

  (chopped)
• ¼ cup tomato paste
• 1 ⅓ tablespoon garlic

  (about 4 cloves, minced)
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 28 oz diced tomato

  (1 large 28-ounce can or 2 small 15-ounce cans)
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• ½ teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 bay leaves

  (remove before serving)
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• fresh ground black pepper

  (to taste)
• 1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 cups water
• 15 oz great northern beans

  (1 15-ounce can, or cannellini beans, or 1 ½ cups cooked beans)
• 1 cup whole grain orecchiette pasta

  (or elbow, or any other small pasta)
• 1 Yukon Gold potato

  (peeled and cut into ¾-inch chunks)
• 2 cups cabbage

  (sliced, use savoy or curly cabbage)
• 1 zucchini

  (cut into ¾-inch chunks)
• 2 medium roma tomatoes

  (cored, peeled, and chopped)
• 2 cups baby spinach

  (chopped, or chopped kale or chopped collard greens)
• 2 teaspoon lemon juice
• Parmesan cheese

  (optional, freshly grated for garnishing)

Instructions

• 1 Place the olive oil into the bottom of your Instant Pot and hit the 'saute'
  button. Adjust the settings to 'more' or 'high' and let the oil heat up for 3
  minutes.
• 2 Once the oil is hot, place in the onion, carrots, celery, tomato paste, and
  potato and cook for 5 minutes or until they become tender. Add in the minced
  garlic, mix the veggies together, and cook for another minute.
• 3 Add in broth, diced tomatoes, oregano, thyme, bay leaves, salt, pepper, crushed
  red pepper flakes, water, and beans.
• 4 Stir in the pasta, lemon juice, potato, zucchini, cabbage, and tomatoes, then
  place the spinach on top. Lock the lid of your Instant Pot and set the valve to
  'seal'. Press the 'warm' button and cook on high pressure for 5 minutes.
• 5 Once you are done cooking, turn the valve to 'vent' and follow with a quick
  release. Stir the soup well and serve with freshly grated Parmesan cheese if
  you'd like.

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