Minestrone

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs italian sausage
• 1 tablespoon margarine
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 8 cups beef broth or 8 cups beef bouillon
• 28 ounces canned tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 onion, diced
• 3 small zucchini or 3 small mexican squash, diced
• 3 small yellow squash, diced
• 3 carrots, diced
• 1/2 cup small shell pasta
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 brown the sausage in a soup pot.
• 2 drain the fat.
• 3 melt the margarine in with the sausage.
• 4 sprinkle with the flour; stir to mix.
• 5 add the broth or bouillon, the tomatoes (slightly chopped), the onion, and the seasonings.
• 6 simmer 45 minutes.
• 7 toss in the remaining ingredients, and simmer about 30 minutes more.
• 8 this soup can be slowly simmered all day if you check to be sure there's enough liquid.