Mama Carin's Minestrone

The minestrone. Is a-good. More better than anyone's minestrone.

Serves 8

Ingredients
2-3 liters water

Vegetables, chopped and added to water in order of hardest to softest:
2 cups chopped carrots
1 cup chopped butternut squash
1 cup quartered pearl onions
2 cups chopped green beans
2 cups chopped zucchini
2 cups rehydrated kidney beans
2 cups rehydrated chick peas
3 cloves chopped garlic
2 large tomatoes

Seasonings
1/2 cup chopped fresh lovage
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tbsp Gekörnte Brühe Gemüse*
1 tbsp Delikatess Brühe*
1/2 tsp pepper

Garnish
Freshly-chopped chives

* These are German soup stock mixes sold by Knorr. We get them from Edelweiss Imports here in Calgary.


Preparation
Put on the water. Add the vegetables from hardest to softest. Season with herbs and soup stock near the end.

Shown here served with butternut squash and Carin's Red-Leaf Lettuce salad.