minestrone soup

Ingredients For minestrone soup

• 3 Tbsp

  olive oil
• 3 clove

  garlic, finely minced
• 2

  onions, chopped
• 2 c

  chopped celery, including some greens
• 5

  carrots, sliced into rounds
• 2 c

  vegetable broth (or chicken)
• 2 c

  water
• 4 c

  tomato sauce
• 1 can

  kidney beans, drained
• 1 can

  green beans
• 2 c

  spinach, rinsed
• 3

  zucchinis, small, quartered and sliced
• 1/2 Tbsp

  dry oregano
• 1 Tbsp

  dry basil
• cooked pasta of choice (seashell, bowtie, penne)
• salt and pepper
• 2 Tbsp

  parmesan cheese