Bush's Red, White and Bean Minestrone
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Brief Description
Fresh vegetables, Italian sausage and beans make a colorful soup sure to please the whole family.
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Main Ingredient
Bush's kidney and cannellini beans
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Category: Soups
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Cuisine: Italian
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Prep Time: 20 min(s)
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Cook Time: 500 min(s)
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Recipe Type: Private
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Posted By: KathyD
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Posted On: Nov 20, 2021
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Ingredients:
- 1/2 cans - 16 oz. Bush's red kidney beans drained
- 1 cans - 15.5 oz. Bush's cannellini beans with liquid
- 1 tablespoons - extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cups - Italian turkey sausage in small pieces
- 2 tablespoons - tomato paste
- 1 cups - chopped onion
- 1 cups - chopped celery
- 2 tablespoons - minced garlic
- 1 cups - chopped carrots
- 1 teaspoons - dried oregano
- 1 cans - 16 oz. chopped canned tomatoes
- 5 cups - chicken stock
- 2 cups - zucchini cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 cups - baby spinach
- 1 1/2 cups - cooked bowtie pasta
- 2 tablespoons - pre-packaged pesto
- 2 tablespoons - fresh grated Parmesan cheese
Directions:
Heat olive oil over medium heat in a medium saucepan. Add sausage; brown well.
Ad tomato paste; cook 5 minutes until brown.
Add onions, celery, garlic, carrots and oregano. Cook until garlic is aromatic, approximateloy 5 minutes.
Pour into a 4-quart slow cooker; add tomatoes and chicken stock.
Cook on low setting for 6 to 7 hours or until vegetables are tender.
Stir in beans, zucchini, spinach and cooked pasta. Cook on high setting for 8 minutes or until beans and pasta are warmed through and spinach has wilted.
To serve: pour the soup into a bowl; top with a little pesto and fresh grated Parmesan cheese.
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