Cooking With Nellie: M-M-Minestrone Soup on Halloween

I sure enjoyed spending 

Halloween with my

favorite person

perfect angel

sweet granddaughter.

Since I didn't want

candy to be the only

thing in her tummy,

we made minestrone soup.

Nellie is only three years old,

so even though she loves to "cook" with me,

we split up the duties like this:

(so she wouldn't get burned)

Grammy: Saute'

1/2 chopped onion, & 1 tsp. garlic 

in about 2 Tbsp. olive oil 

 (We like this kind of garlic - it's easy!)

Nellie: Chop

up 2 small zucchini & 2 medium

yellow squash in this neat choppy thing.

It makes a big noise & sometimes if

I have to I say, "EEE!" while I push on

it to make it chop up the stuff.

Grammy: Add & saute'

the zucchini & squash with

the oil, onion & garlic.

Saute' until softened, but not

too mushy.

Nellie: DUMP!

While your Grammy is cooking the 

squash, dump this stuff into a

COLD crock pot:

2 cups frozen corn

1 - 15 oz can tomato sauce

1 can white beans

5  chicken bouillon cubes

(I unwrap them myself!)

4 cups water

1 can diced tomatoes (don't drain!)

the juice from another can of diced tomatoes 

1 tsp. dried basil

1 tsp. dried oregano

1 tsp. celery salt &

1/2 tsp. white pepper 

 Nellie: Pick

some fresh parsley

& fresh basil from your

Grammy's garden & let

her cut it up for you.

Then put that in the

crock pot too.

Grammy: Add

the sauteed veggies to 

the crock pot.

Make sure your little cook

knows you're turning the crock

pot on now & it will be HOT

from now on--then

put the crock pot out of reach.

 

Simmer in crock pot for a couple of hours

& serve with fresh parmesan cheese.

And here's our little

trick-or-treater . . .