Rustic winter minestrone soup

Vegetable soup Italian cuisine

It snowed yesterday. A rarity here in Tennessee, but we were pissed. Upset? Why? It's just snow? Well, we grew up in the snow - 18 years of winters running from September through May. I've had one too many June snowstorms for my liking. So we left. Our 4 years in California was a safe bet, but when we move to Tennessee we knew that they got snow 'rarely'. We can deal with rarely. At least we don't have to drive in it. But we were upset nonetheless. Anyways, snow means soup, and canned soup just doesn't cut it. So we made this pot of love... homemade minestrone. And it was good. It's a recipe by no means set in stone. Use whatever vegetables you like or have on hand. Same goes for beans and pasta. The original also called for a dollop of homemade pesto on top, which would be delicious as well. However, unless you are a family of 8 or really like leftovers for days on end, you might want to consider halving this recipe. It makes a lot. I'm sure it'd freeze nicely, to save for other