Hearty Minestrone Soup

 

I guess Minestrone means "the big soup" in Italian. That sort of makes sense. You can basically throw whatever you want in this soup and still call it Minestrone. I just have your sort of basic ingredients though. I didn't go all wild and crazy on you. I love this soup. It's so hearty and sweet, but my favorite part I think is dunking some crusty bread in here. Maybe try dunking slices of my Whole Wheat French Baguette in here. I used canned tomatoes in here, but you could use fresh too. Whatever you have on hand!

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups vegetable broth
• 1/4 cup uncooked pasta
• 3/4 cup frozen veggie mix
• 1 cup canned chopped tomato mix
• 3/4 cup cooked kidney beans
• 1 tsp chopped garlic
• 1 tsp dried basil

Place all the ingredients in a medium sized saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and allow to simmer until the pasta is cooked and the veggies are heated through. It takes about 20 minutes.

 

And that's it! Enjoy and Happy Eating!