This morning I decided I need to make something hearty and mostly healthy to eat for the next couple of days. After looking through some things I decided on Minestrone Soup. This is a favorite of mine but one I had not made before. After looking up some recipes it was not difficult and decided to go at it. I really like Allrecipies.com to find good dishes. They always have lots of reviews, with people making suggestions on how to make them better.
Minestrone soup is most often a vegetarian dish, however I had some ground beef I wanted to use, so I started with that. Next added the aromatics to make a mirepoix with some red wine and tomato paste. I added about 1/2 of my stock and some Quinoa in place of about 1/2 the pasta to make the soup healthier. Since this has a long cooking time I added it early. I added the rest of the ingredients minus the spinach and zucchini since I did not have any. I let it simmer for probably about 40 minutes until the vegetables were al dente added my pasta and let it cook for about another 10 minutes. Minestrone Soup I and Jamie’s Minestrone.
The end result was quite good. The quinoa was a good substation and I am glad I put it in. This made a dutch oven full so lots of taste leftovers. It should freeze well too.
