Hearty Minestrone

Name: Hearty Minestrone
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 397 grams can beef broth; 425 grams can garbanzo beans or chickpeas, rinsed and drained; 454 grams can kidney beans, rinsed and drained; 425 grams can tomato sauce; 794 grams can crushed tomatoes; 3 mediums carrots, chopped; 118 milliliters chopped celery; 1 teaspoons minced garlic; 454 grams ground pork; 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning; 118 milliliters chopped onion; 237 milliliters uncooked ziti or small tube pasta; 0 teaspoons pepper; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoons sugar, optional; 473 milliliters tomato juice; 118 milliliters water; 1 medium zucchini, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced

Hearty Minestrone might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 12. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 233 calories, 13g of protein, and 9g of fat per serving. Only Head to the store and pick up tube pasta, salt, water, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the pasta you could follow this main course with the Chocolate Dessert Pasta as a dessert. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine.

Instructions

In a Dutch oven, cook the pork, celery and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink.

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Celery

Onion

Meat

Pork

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Dutch Oven

Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer.

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Garlic

Drain.

Stir in the tomatoes, beans, tomato juice, tomato sauce, broth, carrots, zucchini, Italian seasoning, salt, sugar if desired and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30-35 minutes or until carrots are tender.

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Italian Seasoning