Minestrone Recipe
This is a delicious Minestrone which will make you keep asking for more! The Italian Minestrone has a way of addicting you to it on the first bite. The key ingredient here is Vegetable. A yummy Appetizer dish that I recommend to my friends is this recipe of Minestrone. Believe me, just try this Minestrone once, you'll love it.
Ingredients
1/2 c kidney beans
1/4 c olive oil
1 clove garlic
1 onion, sliced
2 zucchini, diced
1 stalk broccoli, diced
2 carrots, diced
2 tomatoes, pureed
2 quarts stock
1/2 c wholewheat macaroni
2 t tamari
1/2 t rosemary
1/2 t basil
3 t nutritional yeast
2 t parsley
1/4 c Parmesan cheese, grated
Directions
Soak beans overnight.
Add beans to 1 cup of boiling water, reducing heat immediately.
Simmer until almost tender, 2 to 2-1/2 hours.
Drain.
Saute garlic, onion, fresh zucchini, broccoli, and carrots in oil for 5 minutes; add pureed tomatoes.
Whirl cooked beans in blender or press through sieve and add to stock, cooking 25 minutes.
Add sauteed vegetables, macaroni, seasoning, nutritional yeast, and cook 15 minutes longer, or until macaroni is tender.
Sprinkle soup with Parmesan cheese and add parsley.
Add beans to 1 cup of boiling water, reducing heat immediately.
Simmer until almost tender, 2 to 2-1/2 hours.
Drain.
Saute garlic, onion, fresh zucchini, broccoli, and carrots in oil for 5 minutes; add pureed tomatoes.
Whirl cooked beans in blender or press through sieve and add to stock, cooking 25 minutes.
Add sauteed vegetables, macaroni, seasoning, nutritional yeast, and cook 15 minutes longer, or until macaroni is tender.
Sprinkle soup with Parmesan cheese and add parsley.
