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Hearty Beef, Pasta, and Spinach Minestrone
1/2 pound ground round
6 cups water
1 (14.5 oz..) can no-salt-added stewed tomatoes, undrained, chopped
1 (4.4 oz..) package minestrone soup mix
1/2 cup uncooked ditalini pasta
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained, squeezed dry

Cook ground round in a large Dutch oven over medium heat until the meat is browned, stirring to crumble. Drain well, and return meat to pan. Stir in water, stewed tomatoes, and soup mix, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and sim-mer, uncovered, 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in ditalini and chopped spinach, and simmer for 7 minutes or until the pasta is tender. Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 cups).

CALORIES 281 (12% from fat); FAT 3.7g (sat 0.9g, mono 1.0g, poly 0.3g); PROTEIN 22g; CARB 40.4g; FIBER 5.6g; CHOL 32 mg; IRON 4.9 mg; SODIUM 851mg; CALC 129 mg

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