[voidfunc]

1 onion 2-3 carrots 2 potatoes 2-3 celery sticks 1 fennel heart 1 red pepper 1-2 tomatoes (optional) Canillini beans

2 bayleaves salt and pepper suit to taste. 2qt water cook/simmer for 1-2hr

I muck around with it sometimes... thrown siracha, hot peppers, sausage in it to varying degrees of tastiness.

I generally sauté the onions, celery and fennel together then add the rest. It can all be done in one pot for convenience.

[prawn]

You could easily tweak this to be similar to something I grew up with, from Slovenia: https://www.tasteatlas.com/manestra Maybe cook longer and blend some of it to thicken it up.

Ours typically had pork and Polish sausage added, plus this type of pasta: https://www.google.com/search?q=Ditalini&safe=off&source=lnm...

It's similar to what Italians would know of as Pasta e fagioli (pasta and beans) but obviously varies by region, even village by village.

[voidfunc]

Very familiar with pasta fagioli (Italian heritage). Ill check this out tho, thanks!

[faeyanpiraat]

If you cook the pasta in the soup, it will significantly shorten its shelf life.

Better cook it separately and add it to the current portion you are eating.

[tomcooks]

Pasta e fagioli, o coi fagioli

If it's about heritage get it right, it's worth it.

[federiconafria]

The funny thing is that we call that minestra in Italy. I keep being pleasantly surprised by how food is just different shades when you move from country to country...

[top_kekeroni_m8]

That's just a weird Croatian name - it's mostly called minestra everywhere.. :)

[highhedgehog]

I'm italian and thank you for reminding me that we have that deliciousness. I don't know why I don't make it more often.

[Havoc]

Get a pressure cooker and cut it down to 30 mins...with bonus that you don't need to watch it because it switches to keep warm after timer

[pelario]

Do you just keep it on the refrigerator for the whole week or do you freeze it ?

[zo1]

Why freeze it if you keep it in the fridge for just one week? Depending on what it is, but generally most things last just fine for a week or more in the fridge.

[ckdarby]

They're probably asking because it depends on the quantity they're making.

I had a friend who asked me if he could freeze the soup recipe I sent him and while confused I told him it shouldn't be an issue.

Later on I'm visiting and he tells me he's making that soup. I walk into the kitchen to see a 40qt/37L pot being cooked. No wonder why he was asking if he could freeze it because the poor fella would have needed to eat 3L of soup a day to finish before it went bad if he didn't freeze it.

[voidfunc]

It keeps fine in the fridge for two weeks.

[busymom0]

It reminds me of this recipe:

https://youtu.be/3DxS-CIJFj8