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Slow cookers are out in force in January -- it's officially Slow Cooker Month, but you'd probably have them working anyway. Even southerners are having a cold winter this year, inviting thoughts of soups, stews and chilis. Among the slow-cooked wonders we're featuring this month, is this recipe for hearty chicken minestrone. A dollop of fragrant basil pesto opens up the flavor, and gives this cold-weather soup a taste of summer.

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• The wonderful world of Brussels Sprouts.
• Mmmm...cranberry chutney.
• A look at Alice Waters' new book.
• How to make a better pecan pie.
• More recipes this week: Minestrone, Mashed Potatoes, and Ginger-Cranberry Sauce.

Soup is supposed to be winter food, warming you up on a cold day. I know it's summer and I know it's hot, but this bowl of Kitchen Sink Minestrone from Vegancore looks unbelievably good. Besides - eating hot food is supposed to make you feel cooler, isn't it? The soup is easy to make and, as if the name isn't a giveaway, it has a lot of ingredients: zucchini, carrots, peppers, garlic, potato, green beans, onions, kidney beans, tomatoes and pasta. I'm sure I left out a few ingredients there, but the point is that all these are either summer vegetables or pantry staples. Hot or not, it makes a tasty dinner and the leftovers are just as good - especially because leftovers mean that you won't have to heat up the kitchen by cooking anything else.

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