my nonnie's vegetable soup
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Most people would call this minestrone, but my grandmother (Nonnie) called it vegetable soup. Sometimes she'd add any leftover green beans or peas she might have had on hand to use them up. Making this soup always brings back great memories.
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yield
6 to 8
prep time
20 Min
cook time
45 Min
Ingredients For my nonnie's vegetable soup
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1medium onion, chopped
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1 clovegarlic, minced
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1 canred kidney beans, drained and rinsed
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1 cancannellini beans, drained and rinsed
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1 canpinto beans, drained and rinsed
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2 qtchicken broth
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2carrots, chopped
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2potatoes, peeled
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1/2 tspdried Italian seasoning
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salt
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pepper
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2 Tbspolive oil
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1/2 csmall tube shaped pasta, or small pasta shells
How To Make my nonnie's vegetable soup
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1In a large soup pot, saute onions and a pinch of salt in the olive oil over medium heat until soft. Add garlic and cook another minute or so.
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2Add carrots and stir, then add all of the beans and chicken broth.
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3Dice one potato and quarter the other. Add potatoes and Italian seasoning, then add salt and pepper to taste. Simmer until potatoes are tender.
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4Add pasta to the simmering soup, remove quartered potato pieces and mash. return this to the soup pot to thicken the broth.
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5Simmer until pasta is al dente. Serve with a salad for a hearty meal.
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