If you love Italian food (hello, fellow pasta addicts) you know that bright yellow label on the store shelves. Cento Fine Foods is always our go-to brand for Italian cooking products because they’re the best! I’ve used them long before I had the chance to really get familiar with this brand at the Summer Fancy Food Show this past summer. But now I’m seriously loving this brand. I bet you didn’t know that they have over 1000 high-quality, authentic Italian products!
The Cento booth at the show was ginormous, big enough to house TONS of their products. I really only knew of the ones I see regularly on the store shelves but they make tons of goodies, and actually own several other brands you might know like Bellina, Ferrara, and Little Gina’s.
Cento Fine Foods is the maker of soup stocks, bread crumbs, all kinds of canned tomato products, beans, and SO much more. And they are really picky about their products. Some manufacturers of tomato products use a mixture of re-constituted tomatoes. Not Cento. Their tomato products are 100% vine ripened tomatoes, picked fresh and packed immediately to preserve their authentic Italian taste. So this is REAL, good food that you can feel good about feeding to your family.
I was introduced to a bunch of new products that they’ve come out with this year, many of them organic. I love how you can really pull an entire meal together using just their products!
Cento sent me this variety of goodies including so many from their organic line! I was just a little thrilled when I opened that box. Think of all the recipes hiding in these cans and bottles! Since fall is in the air around here (I’m so glad!) we decided on a soup recipe that would let us used several of these ingredients.
This Hearty Vegetarian Cabbage Soup is really easy to make. Plan ahead because it does require some cooking time but it’s nearly all hands-off, simmering-on-the-stove time. Once you chop the few veggies, the rest is a piece of cake.
- 1 large or 2 small cabbages, cut coarsely
- 4-5 large carrots, peeled and cut thick
- 2 stalks celery, cut coarsely
- 1 large onion, chopped coarsely
- 1 15.5oz. can Cento Red Kidney Beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 15.5oz. can Cento White Kidney Beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 28oz. can Cento Chunky Style Crushed Tomatoes
- 1 32oz. box of Cento Vegetable Broth
- 2 Tablespoons Cento Vegetable Paste (eyeball it, 2 good squirts)
- 6 cups water
- 1 envelope of Good Seasoning Italian Dressing Mix
- Combine all ingredients in a large soup pot EXCEPT the beans, tomatoes, and seasoning mix.
- Bring to a boil and then simmer with cover on until slightly tender (start checking at 15-20 minutes)
- Then add beans, tomatoes, and seasoning mix.
- Continue simmering until the cabbage and carrots are as tender as you like them.
YUM. This soup is so good! Full of flavor and it’s really low calorie, but fills you up. I love that!
Check out all of the delicious Italian-style products from Cento Fine Foods on their website, and be sure to follow along on Facebook and Twitter. I am seeing the most delicious foods on their Instagram and Pinterest pages, too. Yum!
Cento is generously offering one of my readers the same awesome package of goodies they sent to me (look for the pic above)! This giveaway is open to US residents ages 18+ only and will end at 11:59pm ET on October 2, 2015.
Good luck!
Carrie Smith says
I think we’d probably use the chickpeas the most because one of our favorite things to eat is a good chickpea salad!
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Maralea says
I would probably use the chicken broth the most. I love making homemade soup.
Erin Ellis says
I would cook with their EVO the most. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
Erin
latanya says
I would cook with crushed tomatoes
DJ says
I would love to try their Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Angelia Brooks Gregory says
crushed tomatoes I would use to cook more
Kris I. says
I would use the crushed tomatoes the most; I would make lots of sauce!
Rikki-Dee says
I would use the olive oil the most.
Laura Royal says
I would cook with crushed tomatoes the most!
Sheri bernal says
I would definitely use the tomato sauce the most for chicken Parmesan, stuffed peppers, etc.
Kristen says
I’d use the Petite Diced Tomatoes most.
Cheryl says
I would use the Chef’s Cut Tomatoes most often.
Heather says
What a great selection! I think I would used the crushed tomatoes the most. Your soup looks delicious!
Dandi D says
I would probably used the crushed tomatoes quite a bit as I like to bake Italian dishes.
Elena says
I would use the extra virgin olive oil
Erin Ellis says
I had to tell you – My HelloFresh meal yesterday (Sloppy Joes) used a can of Cento Crushed Tomatoes, and they were fantastic!
Sheila K. says
I probably would use the balsamic the most—I use it on so many things.
Allison Swain says
Id like the red kidney beans.
thanks for the giveaway
Barbara Montag says
I would use the Roasted Red Peppers the most.
I can think of all kinds of ways to add them to food!
thank you
Jeffrey says
I make a lot of pizza at home and enjoy the flavor of fresh tomato sauce so the San Marzano Tomatoes sound the best to me.
Margaret Smith says
The first thing that I would make is chili, then some homemade meatballs in homemade sauce.
marie yoon says
probley the white balsamic one
Cynthia C says
I use extra virgin oilive oil almost daily, so I would use that most.
Ann Fantom says
I like to cook with Cento’s Vodka pasta sauce.
Suzanna Pickering says
i would use the crushed tomatoes or chicken broth the most
Kelly D says
I would cook the most with their extra virgin olive oil.
Kimberly O says
I would probably use the olive oil the most. Thanks!
chris z says
i would like to try the White Balsamic Vinegar of Italy
Robin says
I think I would cook with their Olive Oils the most. I use it just about every day.
Gina O says
I do a lot of cooking with tomatoes and olives, so I would definitely incorporate those into my cooking. It’s nice to see that Cento has a peeled whole tomato… very helpful now that the summer growing season is about over here.
Darlene Carbajal says
I like the black beans!
Tina Wahrmund says
I would use the tomato sauce the most.
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Audra O'Hara says
I would use their extra virgin olive oil a lot. I cook with olive oil daily.
john hutchens says
I would use the organic crushed tomatoes the most. They would be awesome in homemade soup
Mary Beth Elderton says
I’d probably use the crushed tomatoes most, but I would love to try the Aged Balsamic Vinegar
Jennifer Reed says
I think I would cook the most with the Cento Brand Balsamic Vinegar because I love this variety of vinegar. I would love to try their Aged Variety.
Susan Hartman says
I always cook with EVO, beans, artichokes, olives & tomatoes. I would like to try the balsamic ketchup. Sounds very usable!!
Morgan Watson says
I would probably cook with organic crushed tomatoes the most. They would be a great base for different soups!
Dana Rodriguez says
I would use the olive oil and organic tomatoes the most.
Melissa Lawler says
Definitely the San Marzano tomatoes. They make great sauce!
Mandala says
Would like to try the Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Thanks!
tina reynolds says
I would use the crushed tomatoes a lot I use them a lot now in a lot of different dishes
Leisl Gering says
I’d use the San Marzano tomatoes the most for my pasta dishes.
Annamarie V says
I would use the crushed tomatoes the most for soups, chili and sauces.
Laurie Emerson says
I think I would cook with the Rigatoni the most as I cook pasta all the time.
Jennifer Essad says
I will use the organic peeled tomatoes the most, I love this brand and use it often wish my grocer stocked it all
Shannon says
I’d use tomatoes a lot, like the organic whole peeled tomatoes.
Patricia Delgado says
My absolute favorite Cento product to cook with is the canned quartered artichoke hearts!
chickie brewer says
The Extra Virgin Olive oil.. This is a great product!
sarah k says
I could see myself using the Porcini Pasta Sauce and I love chickpeas so I use those regularly and also the crushed tomatoes.
Jackie says
Crushed tomatoes & tomato sauce! I love making chicken parmesan, spaghetti and meatballs, or sausage. I love my Italian food.
Robin says
I would use the virgin olive oil the most.
Roxann Trexel says
I would use the crushed tomatoes most of all.
Laurie Nykaza says
I would love to try their Extra Virgin Olive Oil all their products sound great.