00:00and we gotta add in uh three cups of v8 or you can use any other tomato juice but you
00:10know what
00:11if you have to put a v8 on the shopping list you had to get it because you don't want
00:14to go
00:15i should have used a v8
00:20monja monja bon appetit let's eat it's time for tanks cooks bonja monja
00:29bon appetit let's eat it's time for tanks cooks it's time it's time it's time once again for tanks
00:37cooks ah yes who could have got team italy uh incredible run in the wbc you know in honor of
00:48it i think today i'm gonna make a nice a nice minestrone and that's what you say you say
00:53minestrone it's not minestrone it's minestrone you have to say you have to say it like this
00:59minestrone and it's gonna be a slow cooker minestrone and i'm gonna make it and i'm gonna
01:06start off by peeling a couple of potatoes so let's peel the potatoes peel the potatoes
01:15peel the potatoes to get it started yes indeed i'm gonna peel some potatoes
01:23and then we'll get ready to make our slow cooker minestrone you can cook it set it and then you
01:29got
01:29to add in the pasta and all the beans a little bit later but that's a little bit later
01:36all right next up we're gonna
01:40all right next we'll uh dice these potatoes up using this uh incredible tool again
01:46using this incredible uh tool look at this this thing could really
01:50slice dice and do anything i want oh i kind of julienned let's see if i could actually dice it
02:06let me see
02:10let me kind of julienned it
02:16okay okay let's dice this up
02:19dice up the potatoes all right
02:23we're getting kind of a little bit bigger than i expected
02:27all right
02:44uh i got a slice first then i have to dice it i see now i see
02:52slice and dice that's quite quite nice so i sliced it now i dice it
03:03all right first we slice and then we dice
03:08all right we slice now we dice oh look at that dice dice baby
03:21i'll put another potato in
03:42all right now we have to start putting everything into the crock pot we start off with a 32 ounce
03:51carton
03:52of uh vegetable vegetable vegetable stock so we'll get some vegetable stock
04:01put that in
04:06all right
04:09here we go
04:15so we're going to add in three cups of v8
04:22three cups of v8
04:27there we go three cups of v8 into our crock pot
04:33we're going to refrigerate this after opening
04:44all right here we go
04:47kind of thought so
04:49all right then we had to put in uh
04:52two cups of v8 into the crock pot
05:09all right
05:11all right here we go we'll throw in
05:16put the potatoes into the crock pot
05:26okay we're gonna need a can of petite diced meals so i'll use our trusty can opener
05:40let's put it in here
05:43so let's pour that in
05:45there it is
05:50all right
05:53next we're going to need some
05:56chopped garlic so i'll toss that into the crock pot
05:59i've got that preached package you know stew and then we're also going to need a hearty mix of celery
06:05onions and carrots
06:08there we go
06:11let's stir that around a little bit
06:15stirring stirring
06:18mixing it around
06:20mixing it around
06:23right now we had to put our first batch of ingredients in we'll be putting more ingredients
06:28at the end at the end of the cooking but you know let's uh
06:33throw in a little spices like the accent
06:40we'll toss in a little basil
06:53toss in a little granulated garlic
07:00a little oregano
07:09some lemon pepper
07:12some lemon pepper
07:15here we go nice little bit of lemon pepper
07:18some of this italian seasoning
07:25yeah look at that with all that spicing it up quite nicely
07:32let's put it on a little salt
07:41a little pepper
07:44and let's mix this all together
07:53stir it around stir it around
07:57all right now the first part is we've got to
08:00set it on low we're going to cook this
08:03for six hours before we put in the final ingredients and cook that for another hour so
08:08you know what they say uh
08:12watch the crock pot never boil so
08:18let's see it how it looks in six hours
08:22one last step
08:23one last step i'm going to toss in a couple of bay leaves
08:26while this cooks up
08:37Here we go.
08:40Get in there!
08:42Get in there!
08:42Get in there!
08:51I'm cooking for a little more than six hours, so let's see how we're looking.
08:56Skim off these bay leaves first.
09:03Yep, give a nice little flavor, a little flavor enhancer with the bay leaf.
09:11Yep, the bay leaf.
09:14All right, now the next step is we're going to have to put in a cup of d'Italiani pasta.
09:27So let's get that d'Italiani pasta in there.
09:33All right, now I'm going to put a little bit more in there.
09:37Here we go.
09:40Let's stir that around.
09:46La la la la la la la la.
09:49Next, we're going to take some Catalini beans that have been rinsed and dried.
10:04Also going to take some kidney beans, also rinsed and dried.
10:11Or rinsed, I should say.
10:12Drained and rinsed out of the can.
10:15Oh, you can smell it already.
10:17Mm-mm-mm.
10:18Then we got to add a little one last thing, a zucchini, which we have to cut up.
10:23First we'll slice the zucchini.
10:34This thing's amazing, look at this slicer, this is a fun slicer to use.
10:38La la la la la la la la la.
10:40Oops, that one shot out.
10:44Slices and dices, fricassees and fracassees.
10:56All right, after we slice, we take it up and we dice.
11:05Slice and dice, dice and slice, slice and dice the zucchini.
11:10Dice and slice, slice and dice, slice and dice the zucchini.
11:18Yeah, you take a job that takes, that cuts your work time in half.
11:29And people laugh at me for my, uh, all my different tools.
11:35I think of it as the joker looking at me and going, where do I get those wonderful toys?
11:41So let's now dice.
11:44Dice, dice, dice, dice, dice, dice, zucchini.
11:48Dice, dice, dice, dice, dice, zucchini.
11:52Dice it up, dice it up, nice and up, nice and up.
12:07Dice it up, dice it up.
12:12All right, now we got our zucchini and we're going to throw that into our soup.
12:17And, uh, first we put in the pasta, the beans, and now we're putting in the zucchini.
12:24Isn't that what the, uh, jawas, the jawas yell when, uh, things go by them?
12:29Zucchini!
12:30All right, let's mix this up really well.
12:33Spin it around, spin it around, doing the figure eights with the, uh, with the, uh, with the little, little,
12:40little.
12:42Oh yeah, there is it, there we go.
12:56For one more hour, and this time we're going to put it on high.
13:01And then we'll be time to plate the meal.
13:04All right, here we go.
13:06So, it is time, yes, you know what time it is, time to plate the meal, time to plate the
13:18meal.
13:19Let's stir that minestrone, stirring the minestrone, stir, stir, stir the minestrone, stirring the minestrone.
13:32Oh, that is time to plate, ัััะพ, stir, stir, stir, stir, ken.
13:48I'm sure you pinch the minestrone, voyage, stick, stir, magari, stir, or immersion.
13:55Alright, let's see how this minestrone came out.
13:58it looks like quite the hearty soup quite the hearty soup indeed
14:05all right here we go
14:12quite hot too
14:18well this came out excellent you know if you have any other recipes to send me you know what to
14:23do
14:24and they tank 99 gmail.com you should never know when i'm going to cook next so keep going
14:32let's have a little bread and butter on the side
14:46excellent until next time manja manja
14:50bon appetit and of course send those recipes and you take 99 gmail.com manja manja bon appetit
14:58let's eat
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15:19so
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