Gluten-Free Northern Italian Autumn Minestrone

Someone asked what cranberry beans are. I had to look them up. They can be substituted with pinto beans. I make a recipe similar to this and it is delish ! Im not sure about the amount of oregano though, that would be a bit to metallic of a taste for my liking. I will definitely try this recipe soon. here is a link to cranberry beans

Please tell me what cranberry beans are.

My grandma, being from Italy made this. It's just awesome. The taste is fantastic. I made it myself and my family loves it.

Delicious soup. I don’t have a pressure cooker so I made this on top of the stove. I could not find dried cranberry beans, so I subbed red kidney beans.I also cut back on the oregano, used 1 tablespoon, which worked for us. I did not add the elbow pasta, I cook it separate from the soup and add it to the bowl then add the soup. The aroma of this cooking was wonderful and made my kitchen smell so very good. Reminded me of my mom’s kitchen growing up..I did not add the cheese(dietary issues) Will definitely make this again. Thank you Buckwheat Queen for this delicious recipe. November 18/ 2018

Delicious, perfect cold weather soup! Made a few minor changes: Used drained canned cannelloni beans and diced butternut squash had on hand instead of pumpkin. Also and added a can of fire roasted diced tomatoes. and cooked up regular elbow pasta, have no problem with gluten. Will be making this often. Thanks

Great recipe. Followed it exactly. The whole family loved it.

Didn't have zucchini used more carrots and used regular pasta

This soup was good but I expected more after reading the 5 star reviews. I did make a few changes as recommended in a couple of reviews. I used Cannelli Beans instead of the Crandberry and back on the oregano. The taste was just average to me.

This recipe was ok, like another reviewer I expected better based on ratings. It was too salty for my liking and otherwise a little flat, and as I was making it I couldn't help but wonder where the garlic was in a Northern Italian dish but I stuck to the recipe. I love vegetable bean soups and it is nice to find this recipe for one using pumpkin and with a light colored broth, as so many are tomato based. I will make it again halving the salt and adding a couple cloves of minced garlic. Also for those commenting on too much oregano I can't help but wonder if they are using dried which of course you would need to reduce the measure. I used the full 2tbsp fresh and it was a good amount for me.

Wonderful. I made this for dinner and woke up the next morning thinking about it. I followed the recipe exactly.