MINESTRONE SOUP

Minestrone soup is national soup of Italy and is one of the healthy and filling soup by itself.

Butter /olive oil - 1tbsp

Garlic cloves -3

onion -1 finely chopped

carrot -1 diced

Potato -1 diced

Green beans -5 chopped

cooked Butter Beans/any beans -1/2 cup

Spinach -1/3 cup chopped

Tomato sauce -1/2 cup

Mixed herb seasoning -1 tsp

Salt -to taste

Pasta -1/3 cup

Parmigiano rigano - a big cube

Vegetable stock/water -21/2 cup

Parmesan cheese - optional

METHOD:

To a pot add butter/oil
As a first layer add garlic cloves, onion , carrot .You can add celery too. Sauté for few seconds.
As a second layer add in seasonal vegetables. Here we have added diced potatoes and green beans. Sauté it for 2 minutes.
Then add any cooked beans of your choice with spinach as a third layer . Here we have added butter beans and spinach.
For the fourth layer add tomato sauce .To make homemade sauce click Tomato base sauce. Also add mixed herb seasoning and adequate salt. Stir for few seconds.
Add 1/3 cup of pasta as fifth layer and mix well
Pour in 21/2 cups of water/ vegetable stock and a piece of parmigiano as seventh layer. Adding parmigiano s entirely optional .
Simmer and Cook it covered for 10-15 minutes.
Serve hot topping it with parmesan cheese(optional)