Italian minestrone soup

There are all sorts of ways to make minestrone soup but as long as you keep a few things in mind, you will be safe. So remember, this is a traditional italian thick soup full of all sorts of vegetable, it's almost like a liquid vegetable stew, so feel free to add whatever veggies you have left in the pantry.
It's originally a vegetarian meal, but if you wish so, you can add beef or chicken cut in small cubes.

What you need is:

• 1 finely chopped white onion
  
• 1 diced red pepper
  
• 3 cloves garlic, sliced
  
• 1 table spoon of dried oregano
  
• 1 table spoon of dried basil
  
• 1 table spoon dried parsley
  
• 5 cups of water
  
• 1 diced potato
  
• 1 sliced carrot
  
• 100 grams green beans
  
• 2 deseeded zichini cut in small cubes
  
• 3 tablespoons canned red beans
  
• 3 table spoons canned sweet corn
  
• 2 cans of diced pealed tomatoes
  
• 1 cup of pasta
  
• sunflower oil for cooking the veggies
  
• salt and pepper to your taste

In a big cooking pot heat up 4 table spoons of sunflower oil and.... CONTINUE READING