Minestrone Soup

1 onion - diced
3 ribs celery - diced
3 cloves garlic - minced
2 zucchini - diced
1/4 pound green beans, or 1 can no salt added green beans, or frozen
1/2 head green cabbage - shredded
1 bunch kale - stems removed, roughly chopped
1 28oz can crushed tomatoes with basil (I like Muir Glen)
12 cups chicken stock
2 bay leaves
2 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp red pepper flakes
3/4 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp pepper
Parmesan rinds*
1 cup dried pasta

1.  Saute onion, celery, garlic, and zucchini in olive oil until partially cooked, approx. 5 minutes.  Include green beans if raw.
2.  Add green beans, cabbage, and kale and saute until cabbage is wilted, approx. 3 minutes.
3.  Add remaining ingredients except pasta.  Cover and simmer 45 minutes.
4.  Add pasta and cook additional 15 minutes or until pasta is cooked.
5.  Salt to taste.
6.  Serve topped with parmesan cheese.

*You can find these in the cheese section of most grocery stores.  I recently found at Whole Foods.