Minestrone soup <t>
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | cups | Cooked white kidney beans |
| (canneloni?) or great | ||
| Northern beans | ||
| 3 | cups | Cooked cranberry beans or |
| Pink beans | ||
| 2 | Cloves garlic, minced | |
| 2 | cups | Carrots, diced |
| 2 | cups | Onions, diced |
| 2 | cups | Celery, diced |
| 2 | cups | Tomatoes, chopped (canned |
| Worked well) | ||
| 2 | cups | Zucchini, diced |
| 8 | ounces | Fresh kale or spinach, |
| Chopped | ||
| 2 | Potatoes, peeled and cubed | |
| 1 | tablespoon | Dried Italian herbs or |
| Parsley | ||
| ¼ | teaspoon | Freshly ground pepper |
| ½ | cup | Red wine |
Directions
Puree the white beans. Put into a big stock pot (10 qt) with the cranberry beans. Saute the garlic, carrots, onions and celery until onions are just turning translucent. Add to pot. Add the rest of the ingredients to the pot and fill the pot with water to within 1 inch of the rim. Simmer for about 1½ hour or until potatoes are soft. Add salt if desired AFTER the full cooking time.
This was one thick soup! I thinned it out before consuming it.
Posted by Lucinda J. Rasmussen <lrasmuss@...> to the Fatfree Digest [Volume 14 Issue 20]
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