Easy Camping Minestrone
By
Annelise Friedman
@Annelise_Friedman
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This recipe is known as Garden Patch Minestrone and comes from a Betty Crocker cook book.
Rating:
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Serves:
6
Cook:
35 Min
Method:
No-Cook or Other
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp
- olive oil
- 2
- 2 medium carrots, thinly sliced
- 2
- stalks celery, thinly sliced
- 1
- small onion, chopped
- 1/2 tsp
- garlic powder
- 1-2
- medium zucchini, chopped
- 1 Tbsp
- dried basil
- 1 5.6 oz box
- hamburger helper
- 1 15 oz. can(s)
- dark red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 5 c
- water
- 1 14.5 oz can(s)
- diced tomatoes with basil, garlic and oregano, undrained
How to Make Easy Camping Minestrone
- 1AT HOME:
- 2Chop the vegetables & place them in zip lock bags. Refrigerate/freeze them prior to leaving for the trip.
- 3Combine powder spices and place in a zip lock bag.
- 4AT CAMP:
- 5Light a generous amount of briquettes.
- 6Lightly oil or spray dutch oven.
- 7Saute oil, carrots, celery, onion and garlic over a full compliment of coals until vegetables are almost tender, about 10 minutes.
- 8Move bottom coals to a ring around base of dutch oven. Stir in zucchini, basil, uncooked pasta and sauce mix (from Hamburger Helper box), beans, tomatoes and water.
- 9Cover lid with as many coals as needed to bring soup to strong bubble. Simmer for 35-40 minutes or until vegetables are cooked the way you like them. Serve with grated Parmesan cheese if desired.
About Easy Camping Minestrone
Course/Dish: Bean Soups, Vegetable Soup
Main Ingredient: Beans/Legumes
Regional Style: American
Dietary Needs: Vegetarian
Other Tag: Quick & Easy
