{"id":20407,"date":"2021-07-22T09:53:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T16:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/?post_type=cp_recipe&p=20407"},"modified":"2022-08-31T08:07:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T15:07:38","slug":"velezs-hearty-minestrone","status":"publish","type":"cp_recipe","link":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/recipes\/velezs-hearty-minestrone","title":{"rendered":"Velez’s Hearty Minestrone"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Daniel cooks this in the office, we all abandon our packed lunches and drool around the kitchen until he offers us some.<\/h2>\n

Ingredients<\/h3>\n
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1<\/span> tbsp<\/span> olive oil<\/span>(for diabetics, use \u00bc cup vegetable broth or water)<\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> <\/span> small onion, diced<\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> tbsp<\/span> Italian seasoning<\/span><\/div>\n
¼<\/span> tsp<\/span> additional Italian seasoning<\/span><\/div>\n
½<\/span> tsp<\/span> salt<\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> dash<\/span> crushed red pepper flakes<\/span><\/div>\n
2<\/span> <\/span> cloves garlic, minced<\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> <\/span> (15 oz) can tomato sauce<\/span><\/div>\n
½<\/span> cup<\/span> whole-wheat elbow pasta<\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> <\/span> (15 oz) can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained<\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> <\/span> medium Russet potato<\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> <\/span> medium eggplant<\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> <\/span> medium zucchini<\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> <\/span> small green pepper<\/span><\/div>\n
8<\/span> cups<\/span> water<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Directions<\/h3>\n
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In a medium pot heat 1 tablespoon olive oil and saut\u00e9onion with 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, \u00bd teaspoon salt, and a dash of red pepper flakes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Once onions are soft, add garlic and cook for a minute. Add tomato sauce and 2 tablespoons olive oil and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes stirring occasionally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In the meantime, chop vegetables into \u00be\u201d cubes. Add 8 cups of water and an additional tablespoon of Italian seasoning. Set heat to medium high and when soup comes to a boil add pasta and rest of vegetables.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Simmer for 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4608,"featured_media":20408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","recipe_category":[2706],"yst_prominent_words":[1158,1600,647],"class_list":["post-20407","cp_recipe","type-cp_recipe","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cp_recipe_category-soup_and_stews"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cooked_recipe\/20407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cooked_recipe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cp_recipe"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4608"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cp_recipe_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe_category?post=20407"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=20407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}