Minestrone

We had minestrone for lunch today.  I'm not a huge fan of vegetable soup, and I've never made minestrone before, so I didn't have high hopes.  I started by sauteeing an onion, 2 stalks celery, and a handful of baby carrots, all chopped.  Once they were soft, I added 3 cloves garlic.  Then I added 1/2 bag spinach, 2 chopped potatoes and 1 chopped zucchini.  I sauteed these for about 5 minutes then added 1 can diced tomatoes, rosemary, 1 qt (minus 1/2c) vegetable stock and a bean mixture (I pureed about 3/4 cannelini beans with 1/2c vegetable stock and 2T parmesan cheese).  I simmered this for about 15 minutes then added 1 can canellini beans and the remainder of the can from the pureed mixture.  This cooked for about 5 minutes and we ate!