Crock Pot Minestrone Soup
Making " Crock Pot Vegetable Minestrone Soup " (The Spruce Eats), a week or so ago, appealed to me for several reasons: It was vegan It showcased some produce from one of the last farmers markets of the season (I'm trying not to cry) A soup is always a welcome cold-weather entree I wasn't going to be home in late afternoon, but I could throw it early into the crockpot and it would be waiting for me at dinnertime It allowed me to use up some egg noodles that had been languishing in the back of my cupboard (I substituted them for the macaroni) So it checked a lot of boxes, and it turned out well. We enjoyed it with toast on the side. AND YET... To tell you the truth, for as long as I can remember, I have always found minestrone boring, and nothing has changed. NOTHING HAS CHANGED! Minestrone is still boring. I am afraid that minestrone will always be boring. We deserve better from food, don't we? I just read an opinion piece arguing that Ameri...