{"id":1013,"date":"2015-05-20T19:57:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T19:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2015-05-20T20:02:34","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T20:02:34","slug":"minestrone-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/?p=1013","title":{"rendered":"Minestrone Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With summer coming, we&#8217;re going to have many options for fresh veggies and many veggie leftovers. Here is a solution for small amounts of random veggies- a vegetable soup! I&#8217;ve listed this recipe in order of things you really need followed by interchangeable ingredients such as pastas, beans and the veggies. I&#8217;ve based this on a recipe from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/ellie-krieger\/minestrone-soup-recipe.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Food Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soup Base:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 cups chicken or veggie broth<\/li>\n<li>2 cups water<\/li>\n<li>1 15 -ounce can crushed tomatoes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Requires:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 onion (diced)<\/li>\n<li>4 cloves garlic (minced)<\/li>\n<li>1 15\u00a0-ounce can diced tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>oregano (1 teaspoon dried or 1 tbsp fresh)<\/li>\n<li>basil\u00a0(1 teaspoon dried or 1 tbsp fresh)<\/li>\n<li>1 cup pasta: elbow (best choice), penne, fusilli&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Optional additions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 stalks celery, diced<\/li>\n<li>1 large carrot (or more), diced<\/li>\n<li>1 or 2 15-oz cans of beans: white, kidney, garbanzo, lima, great northern, pinto (black beans may or may not work)<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 &#8211; 2 cups mixed veggies: green beans, corn, broccoli, spinach, cauliflower, peas, zucchini, yellow squash&#8230;\u00a0cut into 1\/2-inch pieces)<\/li>\n<li>You can even toss in lefteover meat bits such as chicken, saussage, ground turkey, etc. Keep in balance with the veggies so you don&#8217;t add more than 2 cups total of these ingredients or you&#8217;ll end up with stew.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Top with grated parmesan cheese and\u00a0chopped fresh basil (if available)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With summer coming, we&#8217;re going to have many options for fresh veggies and many veggie leftovers. Here is a solution for small amounts of random veggies- a vegetable soup! I&#8217;ve listed this recipe in order of things you really need followed by interchangeable ingredients such as pastas, beans and the veggies. I&#8217;ve based this on &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/?p=1013\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-mishka","4":"post-1013","6":"format-standard","7":"category-recipes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1013"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1016,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013\/revisions\/1016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}