Recipe: Bean and Pasta Minestrone

From: Nancy,.SanFran

Bean and Pasta Minestrone
Recipe By : Canadian Living - November, 1991
Yield: 6 servings

1 can stewed tomatoes -- (14 oz)
1 potato -- diced
1 carrot -- diced
1 onion -- chopped
1 clove garlic -- minced
1/2 teaspoon each dried thyme and oregano and basil
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 can kidney beans -- (14 oz) drained
4 cups beef stock
1 cup macaroni
1 small zucchini -- diced
1 cup chopped raw spinach
salt and pepper
2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese

In saucepan, bring to boil tomatoes, potato, carrot, onion, garlic, thyme, oregano, basil and pepper. Reduce heat; simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Add beans, stock, macaroni and zucchini; bring to boil. Reduce heat; cook for 8 minutes or until macaroni is tender but firm. Add spinach; cook for 2 minutes.

Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with cheese.