Minestrone Soup

This soup is so full of bean  and vegetables, addition with pasta or rice. There is no real set of minestrone soup recipe because when it come to what  vegetable that we can find in season . The stock base will be your choice: vegetable stock, water or chicken stock. Minestrone is one of the Italian meal as comon as their pasta. Depending on different regions in Italy, chef will make this soup really thick as stew or with thinner broth. Keep this in mind, so there is no right or wrong way when making this soup. Just explore all the recipes to see what is good or come up with your own recipe. I like to use thin spaghetti for my soup , but almost any pasta will do. Use olive oil instead of bacon fat to reduce the calories intake.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 /2 cup chopped cabbages
1/2  cup chopped carrots
1/2 cup can chickpea rinsed and drained(garbanso bean)or any kind of beans
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tomato roughly chopped
3 cup chicken broth
1 tbs fresh oregano*
1 tbs fresh basil
2 tbs fresh chopped parsley
1/4 cup spaghetti broken in small pieces.
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
In medium sauce pan, heat olive oil. Add onions, celery, garlic. Cook and stir until the celery and onions are tender.
Add the stock, cabbages, carrots, chickpea, tomatoes, oregano,basil, parsley. Bring to boil, then reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
Add spaghetti and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes. Ladle soup in each bowl and serve .
* Reduce to1 tsp if using dried herbs