Brian's Vegetarian Minestrone Soup with Bacon

Ingredients:

1 Slice Bacon Diced

1 Tbsp Olive Oil

4 Cloves Garlic Minced

4 Carrots Diced

3 Celery Stocks Diced

1 Yellow Onion Diced

3 Canned Diced Tomatoes

2 16 oz cans of Kidneys

2 cups packed chopped Kale

2 Bay Leaf

A hunk or so of Parmesan rind

Sage, Salt, and pepper to taste

48 oz or so of veggie or chicken stock

2 cups cooked little ear or small shell pasta

Method:

Heat your pot and begin cooking the diced bacon, add the olive oil and garlic and slowly brown the garlic. After a couple minutes add the carrots, celery, and onion and sweat them down until they soften and begin to brown. Add Diced tomatoes with their juice, the bay leaf, sage, and Parmesan rind. Cover with broth and let simmer uncovered for 30 minutes. Add Kidney beans and Kale and let cook another 30 minutes. Add cooked pasta and season to taste. Serve with basil and shaved parmesan.