Bear Creek Soup Mix, Minestrone, 8.4 Ounce

This is my favorite dry soup mix and I add cooked ground beef or cooked Italian sausage when I make it. My family loves it. The grocery store is often out of this particular one, and I imagine it’s because the minestrone is just so tasty and popular. My order arrived undamaged and seems to be packaged well. I’d recommend this soup to anyone looking to buy something easy to make and satisfying. It tastes really good with quality ingredients. It’s an affordable meal that only needs water added and takes less than 20 minutes on the stove to be ready to serve.

I made 16 cups of this soup today for a group and added extra vegetables to it. It made such a hearty and tasty lunch with some garlic bread. Very easy to prepare and seasoned to perfection. I added some extras but you don't have to. It is a good way to use up the extras leftover bags of frozen veggies in your freezer or garden.

Minestrone is my absolute favorite type of soup. Since I've tried it homemade, from restaurants, canned, and so forth over the years, I might be a bit more critical than the average person. Is this the best minestrone soup in the world? No. However, it's pretty decent. It is the best anyone could hope for from a dry mix at such a low price. I'm happy I purchased and would def buy again. Actually, I already did plus I got there broccoli cheddar and potato soups to try as well. Pic: The pic shows this in my slow cooker. I added 7 cups of water and dumped this bag in and stirred and turned it on. The directions say to use 8 cups of water and it should be boiling first. I didn't do that. I just mixed 7 cups of water with the mix and then heated. I think it turned out very well. Nothing has been added to it - it's just the mix and water. It came out pretty chunky and flavorful and super easy. This would make a nice dinner for 4+ people with a bit of garlic bread and maybe a little salad. Very inexpensive and also super easy to make.

Great soup mix. Kids and me love the flavoring.

I’m a soup lover and I’ve used many of the flavors of Bear Valley soups and like them for their convenience and flavor. But the Minestrone was a bit of a disappointment - it was too salty for my preference and the beefy broth was too beefy. Fixed it by adding about 3/4 of a can of low sodium chicken broth, fresh sliced carrots, some corn and green beans. Made some cornbread and had several warming and hearty cold weather meals. Even knowing this soup needs some doctoring-up, I’d buy this Minestrone again. It beats taking half a day making it from scratch.