Minestrone

I don't know anyone that doesn't like Minestrone. It's a hearty vegetable soup with great flavor. It's also incredibly nutritious. This recipe in particular has 10 different types of vegetables in it, if you include the ones I used to make my vegetable broth. Mainly, I wanted something that would compliment the delicious bread I picked up yesterday, a very rustic whole wheat sourdough. I ignored the bread completely and stuffed my face with minestrone instead.

I never really make a point of making my own broth. If I happen to have leftover meat and bones, I'll make stock, if I happen to have wilted celery and carrots, I'll make vegetable broth. On this instance, I just thought that the soup would benefit from it. That and I couldn't find any at the grocery store. My only complaint here is that the soup had a bit of a tinny taste from the tomatoes, so I added a few pinches of sugar to try and counteract that. It did not seem to be as prevalent after that, and after allowing it to cool and sit for a few hours. I imagine this will be a big soup month since it's such a nice comfort food for the winter.