Winter Minestrone

Warm up with a bowl of winter minestrone soup, which is full of beans, pasta, and vegetables. Enjoy this healthy dish on a cold night; it will fill you up and keep you healthy.

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 carrots, diced
• 2 celery stalks, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 can 14 oz diced tomatoes
• 1 can 14 oz cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
• 8 cups vegetable broth
• 1 cup small pasta like ditalini or small shells
• 2 cups chopped kale or spinach
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Grated Parmesan cheese for serving

Instructions:

Put olive oil in a big pot and heat it over medium-low heat

Take out the skins from the carrots and celery and cut them up

Cook the vegetables in oil until they get soft

The dried oregano, thyme, rosemary, and bay leaf should all be added

Stir the food and cook for two more minutes, until it smells good

Place diced tomatoes and cannellini beans in the bowl

Use a stir to mix

Put vegetable broth in the pot

Once the soup starts to boil, lower the heat and let it cook slowly

Let it cook on low heat for 15 minutes so the flavors can mix

Add chopped kale or spinach and small pasta

While the greens are cooking, make sure the pasta is al dente

Add salt and pepper to taste to the soup

Take the bay leaf off

Grate some Parmesan cheese on top of the hot winter minestrone to serve

Warm up on cold days with this hearty and healthy winter minestrone soup