Hello lovelies, today an easy, warming soup recipe is waiting for you: minestrone with savoy cabbage and white beans. My children are ALWAYS delighted with a minestrone – they eat almost everything that floats in their bowl. A vegetable they disdained the day before suddenly tastes delicious in the soup (true story!). It was exactly the same here with the savoy cabbage (in Switzerland we call it "Wirz"). The soup is completely plant-based, packed with seasonal winter vegetables and on the table in about 45 minutes.
And if hearty tomato-based dishes are your family's love language too, my new lentil shakshuka delivers the same cozy comfort in one pan – with red lentils instead of beans.
I also used leeks and carrots for the minestrone – just a few base ingredients plus a couple of extras that everyone can add themselves. This time we had small Risoni noodles and white cannellini beans from the jar as toppings. That is a smart way to prevent food from being refused because of a single ingredient: everyone chooses what they would still like in their bowl.
In just a short time you have a healthy, seasonal dish on the table that the whole family enjoys. By the way, they all happily reached for the Risoni, the beans a little less – yet I find the white beans so delicious and filling in the soup. That way everyone is happy and keeps trying something new.
The homemade walnut parmesan gives the minestrone with savoy cabbage and white beans an extra flavour kick. It is quickly made: blend toasted walnuts with nutritional yeast, garlic and a little salt until fine – done. The savoury crumble of course also goes wonderfully with pasta, roasted vegetables or salad, so be sure to try it.
I hope I could give you another idea for a delicious winter soup and that you try the recipe soon. If you fancy cooking your way through my soup kitchen, be sure to look at my parsnip soup with white beans – a creamy relative with the same beans. For the cold season my autumn minestrone with pumpkin and chestnuts is an autumn favourite, and if you love even more cabbage you will adore my winter vegetables with cabbage. I look forward to your feedback.
White beans are quietly one of the best fiber foods there is, and that is a big part of why this soup keeps you full for so long. My guide to high-fiber foods has the rest of them.
