Hearty Minestrone

• 3 carrots, cut up
• 3 stalks celery, cut up
• 2 medium onions, cut up
• 2 potatoes, cut up
• 1 small zucchini, cut up
• 1/4 c. string beans, cut up
• 1 c. raw cabbage or spinach, cut up
• 2 cloves garlic, cut up
• 1/3 c. olive oil
• 3 Tbsp. margarine
• 4 c. beef broth
• 2 1/2 c. water
• 1 large can white or red beans
• 1 can plum tomatoes (28 oz. size)
• 1/2 tsp. basil
• 1/4 tsp. rosemary
• 1 bay leaf
• salt and pepper to taste

1. In large
2. soup
3. pot
4. saute onions and garlic in oil and margarine.
5. Stir
6. in
7. carrots, potatoes and celery.
8. Add green beans, zucchini
9. and
10. cabbage.
11. Cook
12. until
13. onions turn soft. Add broth, water
14. and tomatoes (that you cut up) with juice to pot. Stir
15. in seasonings.
16. Simmer uncovered for 2 hours.
17. Add beans and cook 30 minutes longer.
18. If small pasta is desired, add to soup at last 20 minutes and cook until tender.

carrots, stalks celery, onions, potatoes, zucchini, string beans, cabbage, garlic, olive oil, margarine, beef broth, water, white, tomatoes, basil, rosemary, bay leaf, salt

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=497950 (may not work)