Cold Days Deserve Hot Soup

Minestrone was just the ticket yesterday. This version is 160 calories for a cup. Feel free to mix and match your favorite veggies in your own soup, adjust the seasonings too! Make it your own, and have some fun.

Minestrone Soup

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 medium onion diced
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 2 carrots diced
• 2 stalks celery diced
• 1 medium zucchini diced
• 1small sweet potato diced
• 1 small red potato diced
• 1 Qt. tomatoes
• 1 can great northern beans
• 1 tbsp fresh chopped rosemary
• 6 cups water
• 4 t. chicken base
• 3/4 cup small pasta
• 1 cup spinach chopped
• salt and pepper to taste

In a large soup pot saute the onion and garlic in the olive oil. add the carrot, celery, potato, sweet potatom and zucchini, cook for about 5 minutes. Add the totmatoes, water chicken base, rosemary, beans and pasta.
Cook until the potatoes and pasta are done. Add the spinach and remove from heat.

Serve this with some freshly grated parmesan cheese on top. Add some crusty italian bread to round out the meal. (I got some really good italian olive oil bread from Bountiful Baskets last time we ordered.)

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Much Love,
Alisha xoxoxoxo