Italian Minestrone Soup

By michele080478

Ingredients

• 6 cups of homemade chicken or beef broth (you could use canned broth for a quick fix)
• 3 carrots cubed
• 1 onion diced
• 8 oz string beans
• 2 small zucchini halved and sliced thin
• 2 stalks of celery sliced
• 12 oz. of cabbage chopped into pieces
• 3 or 4 cloves chopped garlic
• 2 cans of 15oz peeled and crushed tomatoes
• fresh basil to taste
• 1 15oz can of cannellini beans
• 2 large potatoes chopped
• 2 Tbls chopped parsley
• fresh ground black pepper to taste
• salt to taste
• 1 pound ditalini pasta
• parmesan cheese
• 2 Tbls olive oil

Preparation

Step 1

• In a large pot saute onions, garlic, carrots, string beans celery and potatoes in olive oil for ten minutes.
• Add cabbage and zucchini and saute for about five more minutes.
• Add tomatoes, basil and parsley and beans and stir.
• Add chicken or beef stock. I prefer the beef.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Bring to a boil then simmer until vegetables are soft.
• In a separate pot cook the ditalini for about 10 minutes.
• Add some pasta to a soup bowl and ladle in some soup.
• Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and your ready to serve

Can add quinoa at last 15 mins instead of pasta. Also add kale