Food WishesItalian
Baked ziti
Save ~$16.63* (79%) vs ordering out
Health 52From the video “The Best Baked Ziti - Food Wishes” by Food Wishes
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Minestrone soup
From the video “Minestrone Soup Recipe - Italian Vegetable and Pasta Soup” by Food Wishes. RecipesMD is not affiliated with Food Wishes. Steps are in our own words.
Machine-read from the video · not yet checked by a personMediumFine for a weeknight
Mild
Ingredients
May contain gluten, dairy
Read from the ingredient list. Check packaging if you have an allergy.
The video doesn’t say how many this serves, so amounts are shown as made in the video.
Ontario grocery estimate*
~$15.00*for the batch in the video
~$3.75*per serving
You save about ~$7.25* per serving (66% less*) than ordering it out — ~$29.00* for ~4 portions.
Order out = a typical Ontario bowl of soup, before delivery fees, tax and tip.
6 ingredients priced from Ontario averages · 7 predicted from typical costs · not priced: pancetta, plum tomatoes, cranberry beans, swiss chard, ditalini pasta
* Estimate, not a quote: 7 line(s) we couldn't price were filled with typical costs for their type; the video doesn't state how many it serves, so 4 portions were assumed; restaurant comparison is a typical Ontario bowl of soup at ~$11, before delivery fees, tax and tip. Prices: Ontario averages (StatCan 2026-07) + RecipesMD estimates, pro-rated, staples excluded.
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Nutrition & health
Rough estimate: the video gives few amounts, so 67% of the weight below uses typical amounts.
| Nutrient | Amount | Daily value |
|---|---|---|
| Fat | 9.1 g | 12% |
| Saturated fat | 1.3 g | 7% |
| Sodium | 426 mg | 19% |
| Carbohydrate | 53 g | 19% |
| Fiber | 12 g | 41% |
| Total sugars | 9.7 g | no daily value |
| Added sugars | 0 g | 0% |
| Protein | 17 g | 34% |
Estimate from the ingredient list — not dietary advice. % Daily Value uses FDA reference amounts; 5% or less is low, 20% or more is high. Added sugars are counted from sweeteners and sweet sauces in the list.
Health indexBalanced
- Starting point60
- Protein+20 of 20
- Fiber+20 of 20
- Saturated fat−4 of 20
- Sodium−11 of 20
- Added sugars (estimate)0 of 20
RecipesMD health index — an estimate from the ingredient list, not medical or dietary advice
From 9 of 14 ingredient lines (89% of the measured weight), divided into 4 servings (estimated: average of rules (1: 0.7 servings of rice/noodles (~90 g dry or ~200 g cooked each)) and model check (6)). Typical amounts assumed for olive oil, onion, celery, chicken broth, cabbage, parsley, because the video doesn’t say how much. Not counted because the video gives no amount: pancetta, red pepper flakes, italian herbs, salt, swiss chard, black pepper and 1 more. Not matched to nutrient data: plum tomatoes, cranberry beans. Source: USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018-04, public domain) + 4 Branded Foods records.
Equipment
What the video didn’t say
- Exact quantities for pancetta, olive oil, onion, celery, chicken broth, water, cabbage, Swiss chard, parsley, and ditalini pasta.
- Exact cooking temperatures and exact burner settings.
Read from the public video by gemini-3.5-flash-lite on 2026-10-05. Thumbnail and video are Food Wishes’s, shown through YouTube’s official embed.
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