Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, kit's minestrone. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Kit's Minestrone is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Kit's Minestrone is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have kit's minestrone using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Kit's Minestrone:
- Prepare 1 1/2-2 c beans, red, white, pink or garbanzos or a mix of any
- Get 2 carrots, peeled and sliced
- Prepare 1-2 zucchini, sliced
- Take 1 c small shaped uncooked pasta, boiled and drained
- Make ready 1-2 tbsp pesto
- Make ready 2-14 oz cans diced tomatoes
- Get 2-14 oz cans vegetable broth
- Take 4-6 oz spinach
- Make ready 1/2 sweet onion, chopped
- Get 1-2 tbsp minced garlic
- Make ready 1-2 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 1/2 tsp sea salt
- Prepare Grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions to make Kit's Minestrone:
- Saute onions and carrots in olive oil until soft. Add garlic. Saute for a minute or 2. Add zucchini, tomatoes, beans, pasta, salt, and broth. Simmer for 20-30 minutes.
- Add spinach and pesto. Cook until spinach is wilted and flavors combined. Adjust seasoning, if needed.
- Serve with crusty bread and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
- Variations: depending on your preferences, peas, potatoes, celery, or green beans can be added. Often I add a healthy handful of chopped parsley if I don't have spinach on hand. If you have fresh basil, this can be substituted for pesto. Other traditional italian greens like escarole or arugula can be added instead of spinach. It is also traditional to add a parmesan cheese rind to the pot early in the cooking process for flavor.
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