Creamy Minestrone Soup

Name: Creamy Minestrone Soup
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1/2 cup chopped onion; 1 clove minced garlic; 2 1/2 cups beef broth; 1-14 ounce can tomato sauce; 1-14 ounce can kidney beans; 1 cup water; 2 diced carrots; 1 stalk diced celery; 2 small chopped potatoes; 1 chopped zucchini; 1/2 tsp basil; 1/2 cup small shell shaped pasta; 2 Tbsp flour; 2 cups milk; to taste Salt and pepper; Grated parmesan cheese (optional); 4 slices bacon cooked and crumbled (optional)

ingridbagnariol @ingridbagnariol

I recently came across this recipe that I used to make many years ago. It still tastes as good as I remember! You can add other vegetables such as green beans or broccoli, depending on what you have on hand.

ingridbagnariol @ingridbagnariol

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Ingredients

1 Tbspolive oil
1/2 cupchopped onion
1 cloveminced garlic
2 1/2 cupsbeef broth
1-14 ouncecan tomato sauce
1-14 ouncecan kidney beans
1 cupwater
2diced carrots
1 stalkdiced celery
2small chopped potatoes
1chopped zucchini
1/2 tspbasil
1/2 cupsmall shell shaped pasta
2 Tbspflour
2 cupsmilk
to tasteSalt and pepper
Grated parmesan cheese (optional)
4 slicesbacon cooked and crumbled (optional)

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Steps

1

Saute onion and garlic in olive oil.
2

Stir in beef broth, tomato sauce, kidney beans, water, carrots, celery, potatoes and basil. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
3

Add pasta and zucchini. Cover and simmer 10 minutes longer or until pasta is tender.
4

Stir a small amount of milk into flour to make a paste; gradually stir in remaining milk. Add to soup mixture. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture boils and thickens a bit. Add salt and pepper to taste.
5

Sprinkle bacon bits and parmesan cheese over each serving if desired.
6

Enjoy!