The Rock One Pot Minestrone Soup Recipe

Ingredients

• 6 bacon slices, diced
• 2 to 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 yellow onion, chopped
• 3 carrots, diced
• 3 celery stalks, diced
• Salt, pepper
• 3 ⅓ cups (835 ml) fresh tomatoes, diced
• 8 cups (2 L) vegetable broth
• 3 sprigs thyme
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 cup (250 ml) Conchiglie (shell shaped) pasta or other small pasta
• 1 zucchini, halved lengthwise and sliced into half-moons
• 1 ¾ cups (440 ml) canned red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 ¼ cups (315 ml) fresh baby spinach