{"id":18702,"date":"2011-11-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/cooks\/?p=176"},"modified":"2011-11-16T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T15:00:00","slug":"classic-minestrone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/16\/classic-minestrone\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Minestrone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hrecipe\">\n<p class=\"summary\"><em>Oddly, our family has never favored a minestrone recipe. When we think Italian food, it&rsquo;s always a plate of pasta. This recipe from the October 2011 issue of <\/em>All You<em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrecipes.com\/recipe\/classic-minestrone-50400000116318\/\" target=\"_blank\">original here<\/a>) might be worth sneaking into the line-up however. Everyone likes all those ingredients&mdash;and I bet if I add some meatballs, that pot of soup will disappear.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ingredients\">\n<h4>Ingredients<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li>2 carrots, diced <\/li>\n<li>2 ribs celery, sliced <\/li>\n<li>1 large onion, chopped <\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic, minced <\/li>\n<li>4 cups low-sodium chicken broth <\/li>\n<li>1 28-oz. can crushed tomatoes with liquid <\/li>\n<li>Salt and pepper <\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon Italian seasoning <\/li>\n<li>1 cup small shell pasta or macaroni <\/li>\n<li>1 cup shredded escarole or kale <\/li>\n<li>1 15.5-oz. can cannellini or navy beans, drained<\/li>\n<li> Grated Parmesan, for serving, optional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<h4>Directions<\/h4>\n<ol class=\"instructions\">\n<li>Combine carrots, celery, onion and garlic in slow cooker. <\/li>\n<li>Pour in broth and stir in tomatoes, 1\/2 tsp. salt, 1\/4 tsp. pepper and Italian seasoning. <\/li>\n<li>Cover and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours. <\/li>\n<li>Thirty minutes before serving, stir in pasta, escarole and beans. <\/li>\n<li>Cover, increase heat to high and cook until pasta is tender, about 30 minutes. <\/li>\n<li>Season with salt and pepper. Serve hot, sprinkled with Parmesan, if desired.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"variations\">\n<a name=\"variations\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Variations<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"variations\">\n<li>I will probably add two dozen small meatballs with the vegetables and broth.<\/li>\n<li>This would be a great candidate for a bread bowl. Mmm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oddly, our family has never favored a minestrone recipe. When we think Italian food, it&rsquo;s always a plate of pasta. This recipe from the October 2011 issue of All You (original here) might be worth sneaking into the line-up however. Everyone likes all those ingredients&mdash;and I bet if I add some meatballs, that pot of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[410,418],"tags":[468,497,506,542],"class_list":["post-18702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-italian","category-soup","tag-crockpot","tag-navy-beans","tag-pasta","tag-tomatoes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqzI8-4RE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}