Minestrone Soup

Total Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 lbs shin beef, with bone
• 1 cup dried navy beans, soaked overnight
• 5 quarts water
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 cups chopped onions
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 1/2 cups diced carrots
• 1 1/2 cups diced celery
• 1 tablespoon parsley flakes
• 1 medium potato
• 1/2 lb ground beef
• 1 1/2 lbs ground sliced zucchini
• 1 cup frozen cut green beans
• 1 1/2 cups broken spaghetti
• grated parmesan cheese
• basil
• 2 cups finely shredded cabbage

Recipe

• 1 put shin beef, beans and water, salt and pepper in large kettle.
• 2 cover and simmer 3 hours.
• 3 remove meat from bones, add to soup.
• 4 add onion, garlic, carrots, celery, cabbage, potato and parsley.
• 5 brown ground beef and add to soup.
• 6 cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes.
• 7 add zucchini, green beans and spaghetti.
• 8 simmer until spaghetti is cooked, about 10 to 15 minutes.
• 9 top with cheese and basil.