Minestrone soup recipe: A delicious and healthy Italian soup.

Name: Minestrone soup recipe: A delicious and healthy Italian soup.
Total time: 120 min
Ingredients: 1 cup navy beans (dry, or small pea beans); 3 tablespoons oil; 1 clove garlic (minced); 1 onion (large, chopped); 1 cup escarole (spinach or Swiss chard, shredded); 1 tomato (large, peeled and chopped); 1 stalk celery (sliced); 4 carrots (peeled and diced); 1 cup potatoes (peeled and diced); 6 cups beef broth (or vegetable broth); 2 teaspoons salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; 1/2 teaspoon oregano (dried); 1/4 cup parsley (minced); 1 1/2 cups fava beans (shelled or green peas); 4 - 6 ounces whole wheat spaghetti (broken into 1/2 inch pieces, or small shaped pasta); grated Parmesan ( or Romano cheese for serving)

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Our minestrone soup recipe, or minestra as the Italians call it, is a wonderful and very healthy Italian soup recipe.

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Ingredients

1 cup navy beans (dry, or small pea beans)
3 tablespoons oil
1 clove garlic (minced)
1 onion (large, chopped)
1 cup escarole (spinach or Swiss chard, shredded)
1 tomato (large, peeled and chopped)
1 stalk celery (sliced)
4 carrots (peeled and diced)
1 cup potatoes (peeled and diced)
6 cups beef broth (or vegetable broth)
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon oregano (dried)
1/4 cup parsley (minced)
1 1/2 cups fava beans (shelled or green peas)
4 - 6 ounces whole wheat spaghetti (broken into 1/2 inch pieces, or small shaped pasta)
grated Parmesan ( or Romano cheese for serving)