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My Minestrone with Beef is for Soup.

My Minestrone with Beef takes 40 minutes to prepare.

My Minestrone with Beef takes 180 minutes to cook.

My Minestrone with Beef makes 18 servings.

The ingredients for My Minestrone with Beef are:

Group 1 ingredients:
1-2 soup bones small
24 oz lean sirloin cut into small pieces
8 cups water
8 cloves garlic
1 cup yellow onion chopped
3/4 c. celery and leaves chopped
2 tsp worcestershire
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Group 2 DRY ingredients:
1 cup garbanzos
3/4 cup large lima beans
1 cup roman beans
1 cup cannellini beans
(this is all appx 1/2 a 14 oz. bag)
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Group 3 veggies - chop however you like
3 carrots
1.5 cup okra
1.5 cup mushrooms
2 cups cauliflower
6 cups spinach
1.5 cups zucchini
1 cup broccoli
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Additional ingredients to add to pot after the rest:
1/2 cup dry barley
1 can no salt added tomato paste
1 box pomi chopped tomato (or 1 large can no added sodium)
1 tbsp ground oregano
1 tsp basil
1 tsp thyme
1 tbsp granulated onion (or onion powder)
red pepper flakes to taste
black pepper to taste
1/2 cup red wine
4 cloves garlic
8 oz. Tinkyada Brown Rice shell pasta

Here is how you make My Minestrone with Beef:

DAY 1Put all group 1 ingredients in crock pot-cook until tender (3-6 hrs depending on crock pot setting). Remove meat from liquid, and refrigerate both. Skim fat off liquid the next day.Put all group 2 ingredients in cold water and soak overnight (then rinse, drain water)DAY 2In a large soup pot combine meat liquid, beans and additional water to cover if needed. Boil then cover and simmer for 1 hour.Add remaining ingredients except pasta and cook until beans are tender. Cook pasta separately and add last.Nutrition info based on 18 servings appx. 2 cups each.

The nutritional information for My Minestrone with Beef is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 18
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 276.6

• Total Fat: 5.1 g
• Cholesterol: 36.6 mg
• Sodium: 94.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 40.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 11.4 g
• Protein: 22.3 g