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a bowl of Cozy Minestrone

Cozy Minestrone

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Ingredients:

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 onions, chopped (about 3 cups)
  • 3-4 stalks celery, chopped (about 1 cup)
  • 2 carrots, chopped (about 1 cup)
  • 6 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 8 cups vegetable broth
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes
  • 1 pound Camellia Brand Cannellini Beans
  • 2 teaspoons dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 3/4 teaspoon fennel seed
  • 1 cup Dagostino Birdseye Pasta, or other small-shaped pasta
  • 1 zucchini, cubed (about 1 cup)
  • 1 cup green beans, cut in 1-inch pieces
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • Fresh basil, chopped
  • Parmesan cheese
Yield:
14
Serving Size:
1 cup

Directions:

  1. Rinse and sort beans.
  2. Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium high heat. Add onion, celery, and carrot, and sauté for 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute more.
  3. Add broth, water, tomatoes, beans, oregano, thyme, and fennel, and bring to a boil.
  4. Boil for 10 minutes, reduce heat, cover, and simmer 3-4 hours, or until beans are tender.
  5. Stir in pasta, zucchini, green beans, salt, and pepper. Cook 10 minutes more, and serve topped with fresh basil and fresh grated Parmesan.

Ingredients used in this Recipe

garlic celery onion thyme olive oil Carrot Diced Tomatoes vegetable broth Cannellini Beans oregano fennel seed pasts basil