5 minestrone croutons Recipes

olive oil, red onion, diced, garlic cloves, minced, carrots, sliced thin, celery ribs, sliced thin, roma tomatoes, diced, fresh green beans, sliced thin, vermicelli , broken then cooked, vegetable stock, pesto sauce, your favorite, salt , to taste, pepper , to taste, parmesan cheese, crouton

dried great northern beans , presoaked, whole tomatoes , coarsley chopped, with juice, tomato juice, vegetable broth or 2 cups water, water, yellow onion, chopped, carrots, sliced, stalks celery, sliced, chopped parsley, salt, dried basil, dried thyme, dried oregano, fresh ground pepper, chopped cabbage, zucchini, unpeeled , quartered length-wise and sliced, uncooked macaroni or 3/4 cup other small shell pasta, freshly grated parmesan cheese, for topping, homemade garlic-flavored croutons , if desired

half of a 16-oz tube of basil - or herb-flavored polenta, freshly grated parmesan cheese, your favorite escarole and bean soup or minestrone

olive oil, onion , cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices, carrot , cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices, red potato, cut into 1/2-inch dice, a 14- to 16-oz c n peeled whole tom toes including their juice, low-salt chicken broth, dried ditalini or other small macaroni-type pasta, garlic clove, sliced, homemade-type white bread, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, minced fresh parsley leaves, freshly grated parmesan cheese, zucchini (about 6 oz), washed and cut into 1/2-inch dice, chopped romaine lettuce