Slow Cooker Minestrone Soup

Ingredients

• 1 yellow onion or small red, diced
• 2 small carrots diced
• 2 celery stalks diced
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 1 1/2 cups fresh green beans trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 28 ounces diced tomatoes with juices
• 6 cups vegetable broth
• 15 ounces red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
• 15 ounces cannellini beans or Great Northern beans, rinsed and drained
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 zucchini small, diced
• 1/2 cup elbow pasta dried whole wheat, can use gluten-free pasta
• 1 cup fresh spinach chopped
• salt
• black pepper
• grated Parmesan cheese Freshly-, for serving, optional

Nutrition

• Calories : 150 calories
• Carbohydrate : 29 grams
• Cholesterol : 5 milligrams
• Fat : 1.5 grams
• Fiber : 4 grams
• Protein : 9 grams
• Sodium : 990 milligrams
• Sugar : 9 grams