Homemade Minestrone Soup

1 can diced tomatoes
1 can kidney beans
1 box chicken or veggie low sodium broth
1 onion dices
1 tsp olive oil
2 carrots sliced
2 celery sliced
1 broccali seperated into small pieces
1 zuccini cut into small pieces
pepper, oregano to taste about 1 tsp
10 sprigs parsley

In pot use 1 tsp olive oil and soften onions. Add rest of vegetables and saute for a few minutes until a little soft. Add kidney beans, broth and dices tomatoes. Season with spices. Cook until vegetables are soft and flavours have blended -about 1 hour. Add parsley at end.
This can be done in crockpot, but saute onions and vegetables in frying pan and add to liquid mixture in crockpot. Cook on high for 6 hours.

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DIANA6025.