Summer Minestrone

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 red onion, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 medium carrots, sliced thin
• 2 celery ribs, sliced thin
• 2 roma tomatoes, diced
• 5 ounces fresh green beans, sliced thin
• 1/2 cup vermicelli, broken then cooked
• 5 cups vegetable stock
• 2 tablespoons pesto sauce, your favorite
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• parmesan cheese
• crouton

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil over medium heat.
• 2 add the onion and garlic and stir until soft.
• 3 add the celery and carrot and cook about two minutes until tender crisp.
• 4 add the tomatoes and cook about two minutes.
• 5 add the green beans, vegetable stock, salt and pepper and simmer about ten minutes.
• 6 add the pesto sauce and the vermicelli to the soup and serve.
• 7 i topped this with freshly grated parmesan cheese and some garlic croutons.
• 8 enjoy!