Easy recipe for minestrone soup:
I’ve always wanted an easy recipe for minestrone soup, but it seems all the recipes are so complicated. Here is a recipe that you’ll find enjoyable and easy to make. You can use any combination of beans that you have around, such as pinto, green or yellow split peas, lentils, black, pink, Great Northern, navy, or baby lima. Just don’t use jelly beans.
Turkey minestrone soup serves 8 :
2 tbsp green split peas 1 turkey drumstick
2 tbsp yellow split peas 1 cup dry red wine
2 tbsp lentils 4 carrots, sliced
2 tbsp navy beans ½ tsp dried thyme
2 tbsp pinto beans pinch of sugar
2 tbsp black beans 28-oz can tomatoes
2 tbsp Great Northern beans ½ tsp dried oregano
2 tbsp pearl barley 1 tsp dried basil
2 cloves garlic, minced fresh ground pepper
1 large onion, chopped 1 cup water
2 stalks celery, chopped
Soak beans overnight. Drain and place into a soup pot along with all the other ingredients. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer until the turkey is tender, about 2 hours. Remove turkey and let it cool. Separate the meat from the bone, gristle and tendons. Chop the turkey meat and add back to the minestrone. Serve with any kind of crusty bread. One of the dishes that I recall from childhood was hamburgers with onions and tomatoes. It sounds like a simple dish, which it is, and it’s also delicious and quite easy to make.
Stewed hamburgers serves 6:
3 lbs lean ground beef 1 tbsp olive oil
1 egg, beaten 3 large onions, sliced
1 cup bread crumbs 1 28-oz can tomatoes
1 tsp dried basil pinch of sugar
In a large bowl, mix the ground beef with egg,
bread crumbs and basil. Heat oil in a heavy iron skillet over moderate heat. Form hamburger mixture into patties and brown on both sides. Remove to a Dutch oven. Repeat until all the
hamburgers are browned. Add the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for one hour. Serve the hamburgers on hard rolls dipped in the sauce and covered with the onions.
