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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Chop onions. | 2. Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion to pan and saute until softened - about 3-5 minutes. | 3. Add oregano, basil and garlic, saute about 1 minute. Stir in squash, zucchini, carrot and corn. Saute until veggies are tender -- about 5 minutes. | 4. Stir in broth (I use 1 teaspoons of "Better than Boullion" to a cup of water.) Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer about 20 minutes. | 5. Add pasta and beans to pan. Cook about 10 minutes or until the pasta is tender. Remove from heat; stir in spinach, add salt and pepper to taste. | 6. Ladle into bowls; top with a dollop of pesto; garnish with freshly ground black pepper. | 7. If you must have tomatoes -- add 3 cups tomato to 2 of the 6 cups of broth, process in blender/food processor until smooth. Add an additional cup of chopped tomatoes to the soup. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	2	teaspoons		79.56	0.0	0.0	9.0
onion	1	cup	chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
oregano	1	teaspoon	dried	2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
basil	1	teaspoon	dried	0.2032	0.0234	0.0278	0.0057
garlic clove	4 -6		minced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
yellow squash	3	cups	thinly-sliced	-	-	-	-
zucchini	3	cups	thin-sliced	-	-	-	-
carrot	1	cup	thin-sliced	52.48	12.2624	1.1904	0.3072
corn	1	cup		124.7	27.115	4.7415	1.9575
chicken broth	6	cups		468.72	11.34	66.8304	15.7248
ditalini	1	cup		-	-	-	-
great northern bean	1	can	rinsed drained	930.09	171.1201	59.9757	3.1277
baby spinach	1	bag		-	-	-	-
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon	coarse ground	2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
pesto sauce	8	teaspoons		175.56	4.2378	4.1286	15.792

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.