Menu Pages Saturday, July 21, 2012 Summer Minestrone Soup Minestrone , of Italian origin, is a popular soup enjoyed worldwide.  Like most dishes, there are endless versions of this wonderful flavoursome soup.  I recently came across this recipe by Rachael Ray and had to make it. This will definitely be a regular lunchtime or light evening meal for many years to come in this household. It looks like summer too, don't you think? But, I have a confession, well actually a couple (now crouching behind sofa).  I'm late posting my recipe for this month's Soup Kitchen Event , you've probably already noticed that, but if not that means I could have got away with it! &lt;doh&gt;.  I do have good reason though.  Not only have we had our 17 yr old niece and her boyfriend here for a couple of weeks (teenagers really tire you out don't they?).  I've also been researching and putting together plans for a project to be announced shortly; watch this space! Well, you've heard my valid reasons for my late posting (I'll come out of hiding, at least for a short while!). Now for the 'problem solving' confession.  My camera recently packed up (hence no new posts for a while).  My father in law, bless him, offered me his camera as he's just purchased a new, better one.  No, I did not receive, the new, better one; but one that is most definitely and excitingly better, a lot better, that my previous cheap rubbish.  Only