Recipe for cooking wastebasket soup

Soups for Salads :: Meat Based Soups

Wastebasket Soup

Source: Hometown Cooking

This minestrone recipe was found printed in a newspaper that was used as packing around a wastebasket mail-ordered from Pennsylvania.

1 1/2 lb. beef stew meat, cut into 1-in. cubes
1 C. coarsely chopped onion
2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 tsp. salt
3 (10 1/2 oz.) cans condensed beef broth
3 C. water
1 1/2 tsp. dried Italian seasoning*
1 (15 oz. can great northern beans or navy beans, rinsed and drained
1 (14 1/2 oz.) can tomatoes, cut up
1 1/2 C. thinly sliced carrots
1 (6 oz.) can pitted ripe olives, drained
2 C. sliced zucchini
1 C. dried sm. pasta shells
Grated Parmesan cheese (optional)

* If you don\",t have Italian seasoning