{"id":6274,"date":"2025-04-26T12:22:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T12:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/?p=6274"},"modified":"2025-04-26T12:22:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T12:22:56","slug":"classic-minestrone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/?p=6274","title":{"rendered":"Classic Minestrone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cookie and Kate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ingredients<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4 tablespoons\u00a0extra-virgin olive oil, divided<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\u00a0medium yellow onion, chopped<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2\u00a0medium carrots, peeled and chopped<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2\u00a0medium ribs celery, chopped<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bc cup\u00a0tomato paste<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 cups\u00a0chopped seasonal vegetables (potatoes, yellow squash, zucchini, butternut squash, green beans or peas all work)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4\u00a0cloves garlic, pressed or minced<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon\u00a0dried oregano<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon\u00a0dried thyme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\u00a0large can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes, with their liquid (or 2 small 15-ounce cans)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 cups\u00a0(32 ounces) vegetable broth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 cups\u00a0water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 teaspoon\u00a0fine sea salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2\u00a0bay leaves<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pinch of red pepper flakes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Freshly ground black pepper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 cup\u00a0whole grain orecchiette, elbow or small shell pasta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\u00a0can (15 ounces) Great Northern beans or cannellini beans, rinsed and drained, or\u00a01 \u00bd cups\u00a0cooked beans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 cups\u00a0baby spinach, chopped kale or chopped collard greens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 teaspoons\u00a0lemon juice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Freshly grated Parmesan cheese, for garnishing (optional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Warm 3 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large Dutch oven or stockpot over medium heat. Once the oil is shimmering, add the chopped onion, carrot, celery, tomato paste and a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring often, until the vegetables have softened and the onions are turning translucent, about 7 to 10 minutes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the seasonal vegetables, garlic, oregano and thyme. Cook until fragrant while stirring frequently, about 2 minutes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pour in the diced tomatoes and their juices, broth and water. Add the salt, bay leaves and red pepper flakes. Season generously with freshly ground black pepper.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Raise heat to medium-high and bring the mixture to a boil, then partially cover the pot with the lid, leaving about a 1\u201d gap for steam to escape. Reduce heat as necessary to maintain a gentle simmer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cook for 15 minutes, then remove the lid and add the pasta, beans and greens. Continue simmering, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until the the pasta is cooked al dente and the greens are tender.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cookie and Kate Ingredients Directions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soups"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}