6 your minestrone soup Recipes

extra virgin olive oil (plus extra oil to finish), onions, finely chopped, tomato paste, parsley, chopped, garlic cloves, chopped, carrots, diced, celery, diced, salt, freshly gorund black pepper, french green lentil , picked through, rinsed, bay leaves, parsley sprigs (may use just stems), fresh thyme sprigs, water (or vegetable stock), soy sauce (mushroom recommended), greens (mustard , chard, spinach, or brocolli rabe), cooked small shell pasta (shells , orecchiette, or your favorite), parmesan cheese, thinly shaved

marinara sauce or your favorite spaghetti sauce, garbanzo beans, drained, rinsed, more of cooked chicken , beef, turkey or any leftover meat you have available in the fridge. *you can add 2 cups of frozen meatballs after the soup comes up to a boil., chopped celery cut into large chunks (1 inch), onion cut into large chunks, dry pasta of your choice. (macaroni noodles , broken pieces of spaghetti, small round noodles, flat noodles, etc.), oregano, tb chopped, dried or dehydrated garlic, boiled water, i like to add whole leaf spinach to the soup. i use 1/2 cup of frozen spinach or a big handful of fresh spinach right before serving., this soup is great served with hot crusty rolls or breadsticks. you can sprinkle the top with either freshly shredded or dried parmesan cheese. you can also top with croutons. you can take any leftover pizza, heat it up and cut small pieces of this to add to the top of the soup before serving. its a good way to use up leftovers

cannellini beans, undrained, diced tomato (with italian herbs), garlic, minced, chicken broth, knorr vegetable soup mix, uncooked small pasta (your choice ), salt, cayenne pepper, frozen cooked meatballs, cut in half, fresh spinach , torn (a handful)

olive oil, garlic cloves, chopped, onions, chopped, chopped celery, carrots, sliced, chicken broth (low sodium if available), water or 2 cups vegetable stock, tomato sauce, red wine (optional), canned kidney beans, drained, green beans (i use fresh ), baby spinach, rinsed, zucchini, quartered and sliced, chopped fresh oregano, chopped fresh basil, tomato paste, sugar (if you are using fresh tomato), salt and pepper, shell pasta, grated parmesan cheese, for topping, olive oil