minestrone

1 bag mixed carrots, cauliflower, zucchini, broccoli
2 bullion cubes
1 can diced tomatoes
1 sm can mushrooms
1 can kidney beans, rinsed and drained well
2 c cooked elbow macaroni slightly undercooked
1 med clove grlic, minced
1 1/2 teas. oregano
1 package high grade regular sausage
Salt and pepper as needed.
Fry sausage and break up into clumps, drain well. Cook vegetable in about 2 cups of water with bullion, til carrots are tender. Add remaining ingredients including juice from mushrooms and tomatoes, except mac, let simmer 15 minutes to blend flavor, add mac right before serving. This does well in a crock pot if you put everything in except the tomatoes, mac and beans. Make sure meat is cooked well, and put on low for about 4 hours, then add the rest of the stuff at the end. If you put in the carrots with the tomatoes, because of the acid in tomatoes, the carrots don't get tender. The macaroni absorbs some of thejuice so very slightly undercooking it makes the noodles stay better.