Mom'S Minestrone

• 2 to 3 medium onions, sliced
• 2 to 3 all-purpose potatoes, cut up
• 3 to 4 carrots, sliced
• 1 pkg. frozen cut green beans
• 1 pkg. frozen petite peas
• a few sprigs fresh parsley
• 1 few lettuce leaves, cut up *
• 1 celery stalk, cut up *
• 2 zucchini, thickly sliced *
• other vegetables to taste *
• 1 (14 oz.) can whole tomatoes
• 1 1/2 to 2 c. broth
• salt and pepper to taste
• small pasta (ditalini, tubetti, little shells, nothing larger than elbow macaroni)

1. Brown sliced onions in oil at bottom of large soup pot.
2. Turn off heat while you prepare and add all other ingredients, except pasta.
3. The beauty of this recipe is that you can include almost anything you have and like and the amounts do not have be exact. (*The starred vegetables are definitely optional.)

onions, potatoes, carrots, green beans, frozen petite peas, parsley, celery stalk, zucchini, other vegetables, tomatoes, broth, salt, pasta

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=432510 (may not work)