Welcome Home Minestrone Soup

Welcome Home Soup, is always served for our children when they come home. It's usually on the stove and ready to have a bowl with a homemade roll after a long flight to Ontario. It's easy to make, and the kitchen smells of HOME!

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 3  ounces bacon, diced
• 1  small onion, thinly sliced
• 2  carrots, thinly sliced
• 1⁄4 turnip, thinly sliced
• 1  small leek, thinly sliced
• 2  potatoes, thinly sliced
• 28  ounces canned tomatoes
• 1  clove garlic, minced
• 4  cups  of warm  chicken stock
•  salt and pepper
• 4  ounces parmesan cheese, grated
• 1⁄2 teaspoon basil
• 4  ounces  of small  noodles
• 1⁄4 teaspoon thyme
• 1  bay leaf
• 1  teaspoon chervil
• 1  teaspoon sugar

Directions

1. Place the diced bacon into a large saucepan and cook it for 5-6 minutes, over medium heat.
2. Add all the sliced vegetables and the spices and cook them for 15 minutes, with a cover, over medium heat.
3. Put in garlic, the canned tomatoes, and the chicken stock.
4. Then, mix in the noodles, season with salt and pepper and cook the ingredients for 10 minutes, without a cover.
5. Remove the soup from the stove, sprinkle with the parmesan cheese and serve.