minestrone pasta salad

This has all of the components of minestrone soup but in a nice cold pasta salad format.  I started with soaking my red kidney beans overnight and cooking them this morning.  Dried, soaked and cooked beans taste so much better than canned.  Plus they are more nutritious and less expensive.  WIN, WIN! 

This pasta salad will travel well to picnics because there is no mayonnaise.  And balanced with legumes and veggies, it is a well rounded side dish or meal on its own.

~minestrone pasta salad~  (recipe)



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