shortcut minestrone soup

Name: Shortcut Minestrone Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 4 - bacon strips; 1 large onion, chopped; 3 medium carrots, chopped; 3 clove(s) garlic, minced; 1 jar(s) spaghetti sauce; 4 can(s) beef broth; 16 ounce(s) kidney beans, canned (drained and rinsed); 15 ounce(s) garbanzo beans, canned (drained and rinsed); 2/3 cup(s) uncooked small shell pasta; 2 teaspoon(s) brown sugar; 1/2 teaspoon(s) dried basil; 1/2 teaspoon(s) dried oregano; 1 cup(s) frozen green beans; - grated parmesan cheese

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31 Pinches

Kimi Gaines

orlando, FL

Updated on Dec 26, 2010

This soup will be perfect for you northerners who are stuck in the snow...sorry girls...I am in Florida and if you are ever down this way look me up...maybe I will make the soup for ya...

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prep time 15 Min

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yield 8-10 serving(s)

Ingredients

4 - bacon strips
1 large onion, chopped
3 medium carrots, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 jar spaghetti sauce
4 cans beef broth
16 ounces kidney beans, canned (drained and rinsed)
15 ounces garbanzo beans, canned (drained and rinsed)
2/3 cup uncooked small shell pasta
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1 cup frozen green beans
- grated parmesan cheese

How To Make shortcut minestrone soup

Step 1

Cook bacon till crisp. In drippings cook onion & carrots 3 to 4 minutes till tender. Add garlic.

Step 2

Stir in spaghetti sauce, broth and beans. Bring to a boil. Add pasta, brown sugar, basil & oregano. Add green beans. Simmer and cook for a while. Garnish with parmesan cheese.
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