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carrots, celery, Garbanzo beans, minestrone, recipe, red kidney beans, shell pasta, soup, tomatoes, vegetable soup, vegetarian, vegetarian recipe, vegetarian soup, zucchini
Hubster asks how can I eat hot soup in the summer? With fresh vegetables at fingertips length, how can you not make a minestrone?
The zucchini was fresh from my neighbor’s garden.
Minestrone
Ingredients:
2 zucchini, 4 carrots, 3 celery stalks, 3 tomatoes, 2 c. dark red kidney beans, 2 c. garbanzo beans, 1 bag fresh spinach, 2, Tbsp., butter, 3 Tbsp. minced onions, 1 tsp. dried sage, 2 bay leaves, 1 tsp. thyme, pepper, salt, 1/2 lb. small shells, 6 c. water
Directions:
Dice the tomatoes, chop celery and slice carrots. Sauteé vegetables with butter. Add minced onions, herbs, bay leaves, salt, pepper and water and bring to a boil. Cut zucchini into half moons. Remove bay leaves and add zucchini and spinach to soup and continue to slowly boil until zucchini is tender. Add beans and pasta and boil for 10 minutes.
Top with fresh grated pecorino romano cheese and serve hot.
Serve with homemade crackers or bread. Mmm…
What hot dishes do you still like to enjoy during the summer?
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YUM!!!
Soup is the one I enjoy in a hot summer! The steam makes me greatful and feel alive!
Hot cream of wheat early on a summer morning…
I found your blog on the Foodie Blogroll, and I really like it! My daughter is a vegetarian, and this soup looks perfect for her. It looks delicious even for the non-vegetarians, too!
Welcome Kathy! If you ever make the soup, let me know how it turns out. I checked out your blog too, lot’s of sweets for Hubster’s sweet tooth to try!
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