According to the Wikipedia, minestrone is an Italian soup made with fresh seasonal vegetables, often with the addition of pasta or rice. Common ingredients include beans, onions, celery, carrots, stock, and tomatoes. There is no set recipe for minestrone, since it is usually made out of whatever vegetables are in season. It can be vegetarian, contain meat, or contain a meat-based soup base (such as chicken stock).

We’ve had this minestrone recipe sitting around for years and finally got around to making it this weekend. (Don’t know the source.) It was perfect, actually, for the rainy and cold January weather we’ve been having.

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