One-Pot Italian Minestrone Soup Recipe

Ingredients

• + 2 tbsp olive oil
• + 4 slices bacon, thinly sliced
• + 2 garlic cloves, minced
• + 1 onion, diced
• + 2 carrots, diced
• + 2 sticks of celery, thinly sliced
• + 1 zucchini, roughly chopped
• + 1 leek, thinly sliced
• + 1-2 tsp dried oregano
• + 2 bay leaves
• + 2 potatoes, roughly chopped
• + 1 cup white beans, cooked (learn here how to soak and cook beans and legumes)
• + 1 cup whole peeled canned tomatoes, diced
• + 6 cups homemade vegetable stock
• + 1 cup fusilli or penne pasta
• + sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• + fresh thyme, for serving