How to make a hearty Minestrone soup (Italian vegetable soup)

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How to make a hearty Minestrone soup (Italian vegetable soup)

Minestrone is a healthy, hearty soup that eats like a meal. There is NO specific recipe for Minestrone.

You would use any vegetables 🥗 or greens 🥬 you have in the refrigerator OR vegetables and greens that are in season.

INGREDIENTS that we used for this recipe:

1/4 cup olive oil

1 bottle of 23 ozs. passata (strained tomatoe sauce)

8 cups (approx. 2 litres) of water

1 tablespoon salt (or to taste)

1/2 tablespoon black pepper (or to taste)

2 cups carrots 🥕 cut into bite size pieces

2 cups potatoes 🥔 cut into bite size pieces

2 cups zucchini cut into bite size

2 cups Ditali pasta

2 cups long stemmed spinach (roughly chopped)

One 19 ounce can of white kidney beans (rinsed and drained)

DIRECTIONS:

1) In a large sauce pan, over medium heat, add the olive oil, tomato 🍅 sauce, water, salt and pepper. Stir and bring to boil, and let boil for 15-20 minutes before adding the vegetables 🥗. Note that the vegetables will go in at different times as some need to cook longer than the rest- all depending on which vegetables YOU choose.

2) Add the carrots 🥕 and potatoes 🥔 and let cook for 5-6 minutes. Until fork tender.

3) Add the kidney beans and let cook for 3-4 minutes.

4) Add the pasta and zucchini and let cook for another 5-6 minutes.

5) Lastly, add the spinach and let cook for 2 minutes.

It is ready to enjoy! add to large serving dish and start to plate.

add some parmigiano reggiano cheese.

a drizzle of olive oil.

The minestrone is ready !!! Slice some Italian pagnotta bread to accompany this delicious 😋 meal along with a glass of red wine 🍷!