A simple soup with exceptional flavor.

With snow coming to East Hampton tonight, I’m collecting ingredients to make a big pot of my Winter Minestrone & Garlic Bruschetta this weekend. It’s hearty soup filled with tomatoes, pasta, beans, plus lots of butternut squash, pancetta and pesto. It’s a healthy way to start the new year and I’m not going to feel deprived in the slightest!! Have a happy and healthy New Year, and if snow is coming your way this week, stay safe!!

Ina Garten’s Winter Minestrone is a beloved recipe in my home. Tender vegetables like carrots, celery, onion and butternut squash with pancetta, cannellini beans, pasta and spinach. It’s the perfect soup for a cold winters day. Yields 6 to 8 servings.

Tomorrow night at Playhouse Square, I'll be hosting Ina Garten, aka the Barefoot Contessa, the brain and heart behind what has become an adored brand. And such is the subject of our talk, business and brands, as well as food and cooking. She, like me, is something of an accident—that is, Garten never set out to...Read More

Winter Minestrone & Garlic Bruschetta - Barefoot Contessa

Ina Garten's winter minestrone recipe from her Barefoot Contessa cookbook is the best minestrone soup recipe filled with hearty veggies, white beans and pasta. #minestrone #inagarten #barefootcontessa #healthydinner

Ina Garten’s Winter Minestrone is a beloved recipe in my home. Tender vegetables like carrots, celery, onion and butternut squash with pancetta, cannellini beans, pasta and spinach. It’s the perfect soup for a cold winters day. Yields 6 to 8 servings.

A simple soup with exceptional flavor.

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