Upstate Minestrone Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. Italian sausage
1 c. diced onion
1 c. sliced carrots
2 small zucchini, sliced
2 cans beef bouillon
2 c. shredded cabbage
1/4 tsp. pepper
parsley
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp. crumbled basil
1 can Italian pear tomatoes
1 tsp. salt
1 lb. can Great Northern beans

Preparation

Slice sausage crosswise about 1/2-inch thick; brown in oil in deep saucepan or Dutch oven.
Add onion, garlic, carrots and basil; cook for 5 minutes.
Add zucchini, tomatoes with liquid, bouillon, cabbage, salt and pepper.
Bring soup to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered for 1 hour.
Add beans with liquid; cook another 20 minutes.
Garnish with parsley.