Minestrone 1

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Title: Minestrone 1
Categories: Soups, Soups & ste, Vegetarian
Yield: 12 servings


2 TB olive oil
1 lg carrot -- diced
1 lg celery stalk -- thinly
: sliced
1 md onion -- diced
1 sm garlic clove -- cut in half
1/4 Lb green beans -- 1 inch
: pieces
1 md zucchini -- sliced
1 cn (8-8.5oz) tomatoes
2 Cubes beef bouillon cubes
1/4 c elbow macaroni
1/2 10 Oz. Bag spinach-coarsely
: shredded
1 cn 15-19oz cannellini beans
: (white kidney beans) drained
1 cn 8-10.5 oz red kidney beans
: - drained
6 c water
1 1/2 ts salt
1/2 ts oregano leaves
3 c cabbage -- shredded

In 4 quart saucepan over medium high heat in hot olive
oil, cook carrot, celery, onion, garlic and green
beans until lightly browned (about 15 minutes).
Discard garlic.

Add water, salt, oregano, cabbage, zucchini, tomatoes
and liquid and bouillon; over high heat, heat to
boiling, stirring to break up tomatoes. Reduce heat to
low; cover and simmer 25 minutes or until vegetables
are tender.

Stir in macaroni, spinach and beans; Cook 10 minutes
longer, or until macaroni is very tender and soup is
slightly thickened.

Can be spinkled with Parmesan cheese when serving.

Recipe By : Good Houskeeping All American Cookbook

From: Pat Asher <asher@mcs.Com> Date: Wed, 30
Oct 1996 05:36:24 -0600

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