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Chunky Minestrone

Courses: Soup
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Onion - peeled, chopped (large)
2   Garlic cloves - minced
2 tablespoons 30mlOlive oil
2   Carrots - pared, sliced
24   Mushrooms (small)
1 teaspoon 5mlDried thyme
1 teaspoon 5mlDried basil
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlDried savory
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlDried oregano
2   Vegetable stock
12   Plum tomatoes - peeled, seeded,
  And coarsely chopped
1   Green pepper - cored, seeded, (small)
  And cut into 1" dice
4 oz 113gGreen beans - snapped, and
  Cut to 1" lengths
4 oz 113gWax beans - snapped, and
  Cut to 1" lengths
1 cup 237mlFresh peas
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

In soup pot, saute onion and garlic in oil to soften. Add carrots and mushrooms; saute two minutes. Stir in thyme, basil, savory and oregano. Add stock, tomatoes, green pepper, green and wax beans, peas, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil; simmer 20 minutes.

Adjust seasoning. Serve with crusty bread and, if desired, grated Parmesan cheese.

This recipe yields 8 servings.

Source:
Susan Wolfe on the http://www.eclix.net Food BB

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