Minestrone Soup

Ingredients

• 4 oz pasta shells
• 1 cup onions, diced
• ¾ cup celery, diced
• ¾ cup carrots, diced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• ¾ cup canned kidney beans, washed and drained
• ¾ cup canned chick peas, washed and drained
• ¾ cup tomato-basil sauce
• ¾ cup spinach, chopped
• 2 ½ cups broth/water
• ½ tsp black pepper
• ½ tsp Italian seasoning
• 1/8 tsp salt

Directions

1. Sauté onions with a little olive oil till it softens. Then add the garlic, carrots and celery and sauté for about 5 minutes till the vegetables soften.
2. Add water/broth, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, shell pasta, tomato sauce and boil covered for about 15 minutes.
3. Add kidney beans and chick peas and boil for another five minutes.
4. Take the pot off the heat and stir in the chopped spinach.