Appetizers / Soups / Salads

Ginny's Beef Minestrone takes several minutes to prepare.

Ginny's Beef Minestrone takes several minutes to cook.

Ginny's Beef Minestrone makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Ginny's Beef Minestrone are:

3/4 lb beef- canned is best but leftover roast or steak works too if diced small
1 can each, corn, green beans, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, mushrooms, black or pinto beans, red kidney beans
2 cups small summer squash, diced-eg. zuccini, yellow crookneck
1 small onion, diced
3 cups spaghetti squash, diced

Here is how you make Ginny's Beef Minestrone:

In a 6 quart pot, sautee onions. Add beef chunks. When adding any canned ingredients, add liquid also, do not drain before adding. Add all the rest of the ingredients. Let simmer up to 6 hours, but tastes good even if you just heat it through and serve. Add pepper to taste just before serving--fresh ground is best. This can be a fast meal or a crockpot meal and it also freezes well. Don't simmer longer than the 6 hours as the tomato in it will take on kind of a burnt taste.Serving Size: makes 8 2-cup servingsNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SNOOPYSGIRL.

The nutritional information for Ginny's Beef Minestrone is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 236.9

• Total Fat: 2.7 g
• Cholesterol: 24.2 mg
• Sodium: 646.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 36.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 11.3 g
• Protein: 19.1 g