Soup

Recipe:

Minestrone

serves:

6

Ingredients:

Cooked red beans

Salt

Garlic, pressed

Chopped parsley

Zucchini, sliced

Celery, chopped

Butter

Bay leaves

Macaroni, uncooked

Basil

Pepper

Oil

Carrot, diced

Tomato peeled, or tomato sauce


10 cups

1 tsp

1 clove

¼ cup

1

2 stalks

3 tsp

2

½ cup

1 tsp

1/4 tsp

1

1

8 oz


Method:

Crush 7 cups of beans and leave the remaining beans whole. Combine all remaining ingredients except macaroni and basil. Bring to a boil. Turn down heat and simmer for 45 minutes. Add basil and macaroni and cook an additional 15 minutes. Serve with a sprinkling of grated Parmesan cheese.