Description
This is a wonderful minestrone soup that ‘s filled with tons of vegetables. Feel free to add different vegetables or ingredients. Serve with grated Parmesan cheese.
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- ⅓ pound ground beef
- 1 cup minced celery
- 1 cup cubed carrots
- 2 cups tomato puree
- 2 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
- 1 (14 ounce) can beef broth
- 1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed French onion soup
- 5 cups water
- ¼ cup red wine
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup chopped zucchini
- 2 cups spinach, rinsed and sliced
- 1 cup uncooked spinach pasta
- 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
- ¼ cup chopped parsley
Instructions
- In a large stock pot
- cook bacon and drain off fat. Add onion
- garlic
- and beef. When onions are translucent
- add celery
- carrot
- pureed tomatoes
- whole tomatoes
- broth
- condensed soup
- water
- wine
- oregano
- basil
- salt and pepper. Cook for 15 minutes.
- Stir in zucchini
- spinach
- pasta
- garbanzo beans and parsley. Cook for 15 minutes and serve with fresh Parmesan cheese.
Servings: 6