Minestrone Soup | Life is a Palindrome

Ingredients

• garlic
• Salt and pepper
• Red pepper flakes
• 1 potato
• 2 carrots
• 28-oz can tomatoes, plus some tomato paste or dried tomatoes
• 2-4 cups cooked beans
• 1/4 cup dried basil
• 2 tbsp. dried oregano
• pinch of fennel
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2-1 cup cooked grain, or a handful of uncooked rice or wheat pasta
• 1 head kale, stemmed, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped parsley (no large stems)
• 1 cup each frozen peas and corn