Minestrone Soup#2 (diabetic)

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Minestrone Soup #2 (diabetic)

Recipe By : Taken from Family Cookbook Vol.III - ADA
Serving Size : 10 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Crockpot Diabetic
Healthy And Hearty Italian
Soups & Stews Vegetables

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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Ingredients:
1 cup onion -- chopped
3 cloves garlic -- chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
8 cups beef broth
1 cup zucchini -- sliced
3/4 cup carrots -- sliced
2 ribs celery -- sliced
3 1/2 cups tomatoes -- canned,
Italian Plum -- crushed
4 cups cannellini beans -- drained
or any white bean
1 cup cabbage -- shredded
1 cup potato -- peeled & cubes
1 teaspoon basil -- dry crushed
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 Package green beans -- Italian cut (10 oz)
1/2 cup macaroni (elbow)
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese -- grated

Method:
In large stockpot, sauté onion and garlic in olive oil until soft but
not
brown (about 10 minutes). Add remaining ingredients except Italian
green
beans, pasta, and Parmesan cheese.
Bring to boil; cover; reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour.
Stir in beans, pasta and half the Parmesan cheese. Simmer for an
additional 15 minutes.
Taste for seasoning. Serve hot or at room temperature. Serve in bowls
with remaining Parmesan cheese.

Yield 10 cups



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NOTES : Taken from Family Cookbook Volume III - The American Diabetes
Association

Serving size = 1 cup
Diabetic choices (1 cup)
1 Starch 4 Fruits/Vegetable 1/2 Fat.

Copyright 1987 by the American Diabetic Association and the
American Dietetic Association.
ISBN# 0-13-004145-9