Recipe - Minestrone A La Moosewood

6 ounce Dry white kidney beans;
rinsed and sorted
(cannellini beans)
8 cup Lowsodium beef broth;
defatted
One fourth teaspoon Salt
Freshly ground black pepper;
to taste
2 teaspoon Olive oil
2 md Onions; chopped
1 md Carrot; minced
2 md Celery stalks; chopped
1 Garlic clove; minced
3 cup Nosalt added whole
tomatoes; preferrable
Italian plum tomatoes,
drained and chopped and one
cup juice, reserved
One half cup Minced fresh parsley
3 cup Cabbage; coarsely chopped
2 md Zucchini; minced
3 ounce Ditalini pasta; or other
small pasta
4 teaspoon Freshly grated Parmesan
cheese

In a large bowl, combine the beans with cold water to cover; soak
overnight. Drain and rinse the beans and transfer to a large saucepan; add
the broth, salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer over medium heat; cover and
cook about 1 hour, until barely tender.

Meanwhile, place a large nonstick skillet over medium heat 30 seconds; heat
the oil 30 seconds more. Add the onions, carrot, celery and garlic; cook,
stirring frequently, about 3 minutes, until the onion is softened.

Stir the vegetable mixture into the bean mixture; add the tomatoes, the 1
cup juice and parsley. Reduce the heat to mediumlow and simmer 20 minutes.
Add the cabbage, zucchini and pasta and cook 1215 minutes more, until the
cabbage is tender. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 10 minutes. Divide
evenly among 8 bowls; sprinkle each portion with One half teaspoon cheese and
serve.

SERVING (1 CUP) PROVIDES: One fourth Fat, 2 Three fourths Vegetables, 1 Protein, One half Bread,
25 Optional Calories.

PER SERVING: 197 Calories,(9%cff) 2 g Total Fat, 0 g Saturated Fat, 1 mg
Cholesterol, 197 mg Sodium, 32 g Total Carbohydrate, 5 g Dietary Fiber, 14
g Protein, 113 mg Calcium

Recipe from Weight Watchers Slim Ways Italian MCversion from Pat Hanneman
(KitPath)

(C) Weight Watchers Light and Tasty Deluxe 1997 The Learning Company, Inc.
Recipes Weight Watchers International, Inc., owner of the registered
trademark.

NOTES : from ww: Bursting with vegetables, beans and pasta, minestrone is
a meal in itself. Make it for a crowd, or freeze half for another time.
Recipe by: Weight Watchers Slim Ways Italian

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by KitPATh phannema@wizard.ucr.edu on Feb 25,
1998