You know, I think one of the greatest assets of YT is that some of the most interesting & entertaining vids aren't the highly polished, professionally produced ones but simply watching a home cook, a local mechanic, a regional artist, etc. post their passion for our enjoyment. This is a case in point. Thank you for this, I love it!
@@carolmatthews5484 As I understand,kind of similar to Lettuce,but with more Spice to it..of course u could get away with Spinach..but is more true to the recipe!
Gina, my parents were immigrants from the old country too. I lost my mom in 2009 and lost my dad just a few years ago. Watching you brings back a lot of good memories for me and warms my heart, so thank you!
When she sings you have no idea the joy it brings to my heart. My grandma passed away many years ago she was just like MaMa Gina. Spoke just like her! If i close my eyes it takes me back to a time of happiness... My grandma taught me everything about cooking and while cooking gave me so many seeds of wisdom i now plant the fruit of those seeds in my daughter!
I think a lot of us who grin and smile when we hear her singing and warm up to her so much it's because many of us lost our grandmothers, they passed on or situations change and so whether your grandmother was an old Italian woman , mine was an old Mexican woman , and I'm white....but now that doesn't reallly matter... it brings CoLOr !! Maybe this grandma is alot like Grandma we missed the opportunity to stand beside her at the stove and watch cook the watch her methods and procedures so when we get to sit by her, .... it's an opportunity to make up for time that we lost with her own Grandma's she sure is lovable very sweet and I sure do love the way she does Ave Maria! The minestrone soup, I'm going to give that one a try excellent !!... she's got a lot of good ones and boy.. her family was smart getting her in front of a camera and laying some of the stuff down for the rest of the world to appreciate her beautiful ways....thank you very much for sharing your grandma's Love of Cooking!!!
She sings Ave Maria to keep the time for sauteeing the onions. I'm guessing her grandmother taught her than and it's a family tradition...just beautiful!
I am a African-American Grandma; with two beautiful sainted Grandmothers of my own....but I am now claiming Mother Gina as my Italian Grandma! God's Best Blessings on Her and Her Family!
I LOVE her cooking videos, remind me of my great grand, grand and my own mom, with different accents but the skills, talk (no defined recipes) and regular pots utensils, tips on the side, breaking out in song, GOOD home folks ARE the same regardless of color creed nationality etc, Italia Mama makes my day! Now I need to carry on the traditions! 😆🥰😘
One of the rarest of rare videos where the cook is so endearing that I love just to watch her spirit. I could eat anything your grandmother cooks. She is so happy and fun.
How do I know this is a great recipe? My husband is Italian and I made this soup for dinner tonight he took the first bite and started crying. Thank you darling I'll be watching!
I love soup, especially vegetables. No meat is fine w seasoning ofcourse, he he I wished I can understand the singing deal, he he but it's ok sounds good..
@@Binka76 He always talks about Nonninas' minestrone soup but I could never seem to get it right until now! He said, " your love for me reminds me of my nonnas love for me in making minestrone just like hers". My darling feels as lots of others do, that cooking for them is an act of love, as indeed it is. ♡
It is sad! But those who don’t appreciate it is because they never knew the blessing of having good home made food, made with the loving hands of a mother or a grandma , to share and enjoy with loves ones, and the experience stay with you forever. Love you and your cooking Gina. There is always something to learn ❤️🙏🏻
@@mariathies6314 As Gina says: 'Some people, they like a little, some people they like a lot, some people they don't like nothing!" I guess hie refers to the thumbs down crowd. This is life, goddammit! open your eyes, hearts and minds.
It's also sad because there are so many recipes in my family that I don't know how to cook. How fortunate is her family and how fortunate are we that these recipes, that are made with love, will be with us forever! Grandma Gina rocks!! 💞
Made me emotional Avé Maria played at my mothers funeral mass. She was very traditional. I am not Italian but our cultures are very similar. Such a beautiful lady
I found this lovely lady by accident and I am hooked. She’s everyone’s Nonna and so lovable. I watch her videos every day, it’s so soothing and reminds of the ladies in my life who were amazing cooks. God bless you, Gina. You are a treasure! ❤️❤️❤️
I love everything she makes. I love her singing, the way she can turn our life better just for watching . God bless her. I wish her all the best. 😍🥰😘 thank you!
Gina don’t change a thing! Your love for cooking, your family, your friends and your countries, past and present just lift our spirits! Keep singing, keep cooking, keep sharing…God bless you Nonna.. ..
Two weeks ago, Gina’s Channel appeared in my Recommended videos, and I immediately subscribed to her channel. My mom lived with me for her last 25years, until God, took her home four years ago at 92 years young. Momma was Queen of the kitchen just like Gina. God bless Gina and her loving family. Thank you for sharing your matriarch with the world 🌎
🥰💋💋 Hello Marlene, ☺️ how are you ?? I hope you're good and safe. Honestly I must commend you've got an amazing smile.. I'm amazed with the way you put those smile on your beautiful face .. please keep smiling because life is beautiful and your smile too… How are you coping through this pandemic?? 😃 😷🌹❤️
Lol 😂 you can say that again María is unique in all her doing I believe she is God sent.. Hello Christy, ☺️ how are you ?? I hope you're good and safe. Honestly I must commend you've got an amazing smile.. I'm amazed with the way you put those smile on your beautiful face .. please keep smiling because life is beautiful and your smile too… How are you coping through this pandemic?? 😃 😷🌹❤️
I have an eating disorder and live alone, fairly isolated, so there's no one here to give me the kick I often need. So I watch TH-cam cooks. I have to say first that I wish I'd had a Grandma or Mother like Gina (oh how different life would have been!!). Secondly, I'm definitely going to give this recipe a try. Not just because soup is a good thing for freezing, but it's easy to digest and not too onerous to make. Having this lesson from Gina was a pure delight, as others have said you can't stop yourself from smiling. What a lovely warm soul she is! I'm adding the ingredients to my shopping list right now and I'll give it my best shot, though I can't promise to sing to my food. Thank you for a lovely cooking lesson Grandma Gina 🥰
I love that she's a singing chef. It takes me back to my childhood when 3 generations of us would work non stop leading up to Christmas dinner and we will would sing and dance and laugh whilst we worked. I miss my grandmother and those days .....
During the Coronavirus crisis, watching and making her wonderful soups, has brought some much needed comfort to me and my family. What a treasure Gina is for sharing. 😘❤
@@marie-sarahdjoudi3614 je suis italiane ed j'habite en Franciacorte, pres de Brescia (1 heure de voiture au sud de Milan) dans le minestrone Italien, on y met ce que l'on veut,madame! C' est tres tres bon, surtout en automne ed hiver....
I am so happy I just received Gina's cookbook today. I started to watch her awhile ago. I loved her the first time I saw her. She reminds me of my grandmother. The way she acts and especially the way she cooks. I am 73 years old now and lost my grandmother in 1986. I am so going to enjoy your cookbook, it will be like grandma is there with me again. BTW my grandmother taught me to cook. Please keep well sweet lady, and keep cooking. I will be watching ❤
how could anybody give a "thumb down" to this jewel of human being???? How I feel sorry for people who do not enjoy the small, simple and beautiful things in life.... I loooooove you Gina and I adore your singing......
I love watching Gina cook, she does put a smile on my face, especially when she sings. Us Italians are always like that, happy when we cook. Grazie tanto Gina. 🌹
Our elders hold our culture, I’m not Italian, but respect for our elders and oral histories is so well demonstrated here. Real, wholesome food, song, culture and family values are passed on here. Bless Gina.
Yes, the elders hold our culture. I'm West Indian and Italian. My precious mom is from Guyana & my precious papa is from Udine Italy. My mom could make so many SCRUMPTIOUS things from scratch and the smell floating through the house (like you see in cartoons . LOL) made it so hard to wait for supper.
I am Sicilian and Italian and my grandma past away a couple of years ago. She made some of the best pasta sauce I ever had. Grew the tomatoes herself in her garden in her backyard. When she harvested all the tomatoes and cooked and jarred them which took a couple of days I would be playing video games downstairs where she had a second main kitchen. I took it for granted back then but I will never forgot those memories and now they are precious to me.
@@lynetpemile8078yes, they did call it chop meat! I'm Italian and my Gramps from Italy cooked and sound like Gina. This minestrone is the real thing.❤❤❤❤😊
I am French and speak English very badly, but Gina I adore you and I understand everything you say! Before I was old enough to go to school, my working mother left me all day with an Italian nanny married to a spanish man. My nanny's name was Maria. So, hearing you speak with the italian accent of my beloved nanny, and then sing Ave Maria, it warms my heart Thank you very much Gina. Thank you for your recipe and thank you for your naturalness.
Nonna Gina è originaria della regione Puglia o Basilicata? Parla inglese con accento meridionale!! È simpaticissima e brava!! Un abbraccio a nonna Gina.
Beautiful preparation, beautiful filming, beautiful recipe, beautiful singing, beautiful soul. I'm sure your family loved that freshly made hearty soup with an extra dose of Gina love.
Nothing finer but to watch Grandma Gina and celebrate this day 12/22/22 Xmas around the corner. Just makes us smile listening to her beautiful warm voice. I've been watching her channel for years and keep coming back simply to feel love. Sometimes around holidays people are alone and feel like they have no one. Gina just brings you in and fills your ❤️ heart like an angel
Wonderful lady. I was mesmerized watching her construct this soup. Of course her Italian accent was a real highlight. What a treasure she is. So inspiring!
What a heart warming lady,her style of cooking is amazing, let God bless her with good health, long life and happiness with her family and grandchildren.
I am a first generation American. My daddy immigrated with his family from their farm in Catona, Italy in 1930. He was still making minestrone zuppa at 96. He used canned beans at his age. Lived to be 98. God rest his soul. Gina reminds me of my Nona Anna. I sing in the kitchen when I cook too, I am 75, love to cook. 😘 to Gina❣️
May his soul Rest In Peace, but that’s unbelievable…. Hello Joanna, ☺️ how are you ?? I hope you're good and safe. Honestly I must commend you've got an amazing smile.. I'm amazed with the way you put those smile on your beautiful face .. please keep smiling because life is beautiful and your smile too… How are you coping through this pandemic?? 😃 😷🌹
I never met either of my Italian grandparents, but I was lucky to have my father, a true Italian Immigrant that used to cook wonderful food from Galicano. When dad died in 2018 he had passed his passion for cooking, and recipes you won't find in most cookbooks. Gina Y Pasquale are reminders of my family. Authentic, gentle, sweet, souls. Grazi para molto zuppa, pasta, and other dishes from my childhood. Never stop singing Ave Maria. Ciao.
I'm Italian. We think that cooking is a paramount part of life. Life without cooking is like love without kisses....even in 2020.....When you come home after a full day of work, meetings, emails and customers yelling at you, you just start cooking and you feel alive, you feel like human....maybe just an egg, but try and do it.....
Her song is a blessing for her family, AND a timer for sauté of onion and garlic! What a treat to find this dear Grandma!! EVERYone should have one !! God bless Gma Gina and all she inspires!!
@@saspass8854 I always take my time with the prep and kinda trance out whilst doing it. It definitely is therapeutic. I couldn't do it as a job, like being a full time chef, though.
I love this lady. Makes me miss my Italian grandma from Brooklyn. Her accent is almost the same. I want to sit down and eat that soup at her house!! Looks so good! "Ave Maria! Gratsi a plena!"
Me too! My Nona spoke exactly the same way, watching her brings me joy and makes me feel grateful that I had such a lovely Nona. It also makes me miss her terribly! Peace💜💜💜
Gina is a true Italian Mum and grandma. Same like my Mum in law. This is a true family dinner soup. I love it. Keep cooking and sing Gina. Stay blessed.
When i started to watch at her i thought, another italiano dish, so Lets see it, but when she started singing my tear drops started to flow AND i just couldn't stop crying, maybe she Is not the best singer ever!! But when she Sang! There was no doubt in my mind!!!!! , was the best ave María ever!! She Is so Hart warm! God bless!! A Little bit of heaven on earth!!
I'm an American chef trained in Italian / French cuisine with a Mexican heritage. In Mexico we do not soak our beans. My professional training always taught me to soak the beans. What I learned from this video was to add aromatics to the beans while they soak... makes total sense. Grazie Nonna Gina
Los frijoles, los parrales, los porotos, las habichuelas, los gandules, las judías, etc. Tantos nombres para un platillo tan sabroso oiga ! I sometimes soak my beans overnight so that they take less time to cook in the morning and, I oftentimes use epazote for flavoring... oregano and chile colorado (chile de ristra) is optional.
@@mildredlane3717 It's at the very beginning starting @ about 25 seconds. She tilts the pot up and you can see dried bay leaf and three cloves of garlic.
Thanks Nona, my grandmother died last year, she was 95. I think of her every day and you have made me smile all the way through this recipe thinking about the love she showed all of us with her cooking.
Ava Maria 🙏🏼 my mother’s favorite song she the last several months she was still with us she would want us to play it at her hospital bedside and it was played at her funeral. Your Grandma sings it so beautifully thank you for sharing.
Wow superb, She must be so talented.. Hello Deanna, ☺️ how are you ?? I hope you're good and safe. Honestly I must commend you've got an amazing smile.. I'm amazed with the way you put those smile on your beautiful face .. please keep smiling because life is beautiful and your smile too… How are you coping through this pandemic?? 😃 😷🌹❤️ Hello Caroline, ☺️ how are you ?? I hope you're good and safe. Honestly I must commend you've got an amazing smile.. I'm amazed with the way you put those smile on your beautiful face .. please keep smiling because life is beautiful and your smile too… How are you coping through this pandemic?? 😃 😷🌹❤️
My mother in Argentina, made minestrone soup while singing religious songs (the hymn to San Nicola Pellegrino, protector of the city of Trani, Puglia). What can I do to hold back the tears watching Grandma Gina?
This is similar to welsh broth but you add a little stewing steak.i loved smell in kitchen my poor mum trying to feed 7 kids even baby had it strained into a bottle.I MISS YOU MUM R.I.P LOVE YOU SO MUCH UK
Granny Gina sings Ave Maria and i 32 year old Giovanna start crying 😢 i miss my grandma 😢💔 THANK YOU GINA YOU BRING BACK CHILDHOOD MEMORY'S 🙏🏽 God Bless you 🙏🏽❤️
With Lent fast approaching we always have our Lenten soup suppers in our Catholic parish, this soup will be on the menu! Thanks Gina and God bless. 👍🙏.
Yes I agree! ...Attention family members of Nonna Gina.. Try getting a Cookbook made of your Nonna's old world Italian recipes..What a gift for your family and to Nonna Gina's Fans!......My Nonna and my mother never wrote down one recipe..They cooked by taste, smell and eyeballed everything..That's how I learned how to cook, and still do it that way...But knowing not writing down the family recipes, we always had to guess after they were gone...So long ago I write down all my families old Italian recipes..I did so for my boys to carry on their Great Grandma, and their Grandmother, my mother's Italian recipes to pass down to their children..It's the best thing I ever did with my families old recipes...I think your family will treasure this cookbook, and even Nonna Gina's Fans would too.
I hope this beautiful woman’s family knows how blessed they are to have all of this wonderful, priceless knowledge on video! Oh what I would give, to have my grandma’s cooking knowledge on film to watch❤️ I love to watch you cook, and I’ve learned so much from you! 😊
I'm a pole. I love Italy. I travel a lot. I know the flavors of Italian cuisine. I came across your movie by accident and I liked it very much. You are a real Italian. You are wonderful and you give so much warmth. I greet you warmly and wish you a lot of optimism.
Italian grandmothers and still some mums start cooking early in the morning for the family, especially on Sundays and Holidays!!! We really believe good and healthy cooking (not only pasta and pizza....) can help to live Better under every point of view! Love from Florence 🇮🇹😊🍝
I spent two summers with mine, straight from the village of Venafro. Her voice/accent is so comforting to me. She's got my grandmother's voice, those cute little hands. She even walks like my grand mom. The garden, with the fig tree the tomatoes, cucumbers. My grandmom had grape vines, too. Red and green grapes.
This minestrone is DELICIOUS!!! God Bless Gina!! I love you and I love your recipes!! Keep Cooking!! Keep Singing!!! I watch everyday. Your the BEST!!!
Been watching grandma Gina on and off, at her older age i am impress, like her accent, her kitchen counter is clean, shes organize, and i smile when shes singing while waiting for the onion and garlic to turn light brown. God bless you Grandma Gina.👵😍😉😇😀❤️
Gina reminds me exactly like my grandma from Naples....i mean exactly....I watch her all the time... I made this soup more then a bunch of times. I know it will be good because its fresh and easy to learn.... Thank you Grandma Gina😘😘
Oh Grandma Gina, I just love your singing, and your bubbly personality. I enjoy watching you in the kitchen, your soup looks delicious. Wish I was sitting at your table.
Our daughter is a very picky eater. So when I cook and serve something that she does not care for she goes to the pantry and fixes herself a can of Progresso Minestrone Soup. Boy will she be surprised when I make this homemade minestrone soup. It will knock her socks off. Plus she will appreciate so much the love that will go into making this precious recipe! Thank you Grandma Gina for sharing your recipe💕💕
Yes I smile every single time no matter if I’ve watched the video twice and I’m showing it to other people as well she reminds me of my Nona so much love her so much
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She is a wonderful and beautiful grandma
You know, I think one of the greatest assets of YT is that some of the most interesting & entertaining vids aren't the highly polished, professionally produced ones but simply watching a home cook, a local mechanic, a regional artist, etc. post their passion for our enjoyment. This is a case in point. Thank you for this, I love it!
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@@carolmatthews5484 As I understand,kind of similar to Lettuce,but with more Spice to it..of course u could get away with Spinach..but is more true to the recipe!
Gorgeous...I love this,no meat necessary..Add some some cheese&bread.. Extremely Healthy and filling....Gina is ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Gina is one of a kind. Her family is very blessed to have her. Thank you for sharing her with us. And when she sang “Ave Maria” OMG…😃
Gina, my parents were immigrants from the old country too. I lost my mom in 2009 and lost my dad just a few years ago. Watching you brings back a lot of good memories for me and warms my heart, so thank you!
Sorry to hear you lost parents 😢,I lost my mother and Gina brought memories to me of my mother ,Ty Gina and God bless you 🙏
When she sings you have no idea the joy it brings to my heart. My grandma passed away many years ago she was just like MaMa Gina. Spoke just like her! If i close my eyes it takes me back to a time of happiness... My grandma taught me everything about cooking and while cooking gave me so many seeds of wisdom i now plant the fruit of those seeds in my daughter!
Betty Pickle well done, sounds good.
That's so precious
My Grandmother was first generation- from Poland. She spoke English so much like Gina. It speaks to my heart. Thank you, Gina!
I also had a granma like her. Beautiful, real, tough ladies and marvellous cooks!
I can relate to this %100
Is it just me or does everyone else watch Gina with a smile from ear to ear?... Gina, you're adorable.. Stay beautiful!
I made your Minestrone Soup. It was delicious.
I do, too! Big 'ol grin on my face! Can't help it! ☺
I think a lot of us who grin and smile when we hear her singing and warm up to her so much it's because many of us lost our grandmothers, they passed on or situations change and so whether your grandmother was an old Italian woman , mine was an old Mexican woman , and I'm white....but now that doesn't reallly matter... it brings CoLOr !! Maybe this grandma is alot like Grandma we missed the opportunity to stand beside her at the stove and watch cook the watch her methods and procedures so when we get to sit by her, .... it's an opportunity to make up for time that we lost with her own Grandma's she sure is lovable very sweet and I sure do love the way she does Ave Maria! The minestrone soup, I'm going to give that one a try excellent !!... she's got a lot of good ones and boy.. her family was smart getting her in front of a camera and laying some of the stuff down for the rest of the world to appreciate her beautiful ways....thank you very much for sharing your grandma's Love of Cooking!!!
you just made me realize that I was smiling throughout the entire video!
Yes. She is a treasure. I wish we all could have such a lovely grandmother like her. The world needs more Ginas.
She sings Ave Maria to keep the time for sauteeing the onions. I'm guessing her grandmother taught her than and it's a family tradition...just beautiful!
She has such a clear voice to sing.❤
Thank you for the highlight. 🌹
I am a African-American Grandma; with two beautiful sainted Grandmothers of my own....but I am now claiming Mother Gina as my Italian Grandma! God's Best Blessings on Her and Her Family!
Gina we even get a serenade and the cooking lesson you are a joy.GOD BLESS YOU !!ANGELS BLESS YOU THIS IS OCTOBER THE month of the rosary pray for us.
Nonna Gina I love you.This soup.This winter.
I LOVE her cooking videos, remind me of my great grand, grand and my own mom, with different accents but the skills, talk (no defined recipes) and regular pots utensils, tips on the side, breaking out in song, GOOD home folks ARE the same regardless of color creed nationality etc, Italia Mama makes my day! Now I need to carry on the traditions! 😆🥰😘
PSALM. 83. ALL. JW .ORG. JOSHUA. 1 . 8 . YOU BE HAPPY. FOREVER = AMEN.
Nonna Gina is an absolute blessing from God!!! She is a national treasure for both the U.S. and Italy 🇮🇹!!!
This woman makes me want to cook more often. She’s a joy to watch
Edward Quinones 👍🏻❤️right!
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Just like home.....
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One of the rarest of rare videos where the cook is so endearing that I love just to watch her spirit. I could eat anything your grandmother cooks. She is so happy and fun.
Yes, this is authentic!
Liked hearing her sing
Genuine Grandma and minestrone.😉❤❤❤
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Love your Italian spirit and you beautiful singing. Makes my heart smile ❤
"Ahn dissa de beans " love her! With both grandma & mama both gone , this warms my heart. Thank you.
I want me a Nonna Gina. What a joy, and she sang the most wonderful Ave Maria.
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OH my, she made me cry when singing Ave Marie. So beautiful.
omg, me too!
Such a lady to watch makes cooking enjoyable 💕
Makes life great to see her singing and be happy that’s a good Italian lady💋
Coming over for dinner save me a plate😃
Same here, she's beautiful
When I first heard she talk .... I couldn’t stop smiling. When she start singing.....I got tears in my eyes.
Same here... So precious!!! 🤗
Me too
The soup looks great,so does grandma, but that's pathetic...
I couldn’t agree more. She’s really a special person. I just love her. 🙏🏻💜
I just made this soup for the 4th time. It is so good I just can’t stop eating it. I hope you continue cooking forevermore.
How do I know this is a great recipe? My husband is Italian and I made this soup for dinner tonight he took the first bite and started crying. Thank you darling I'll be watching!
I love soup, especially vegetables. No meat is fine w seasoning ofcourse, he he I wished I can understand the singing deal, he he but it's ok sounds good..
J T crying! Wowwwwep
Yes, this is the type of food that is hard not to cry when eating. It's heavenly!
Picket Fence wow 😟
@@Binka76 He always talks about Nonninas' minestrone soup but I could never seem to get it right until now! He said, " your love for me reminds me of my nonnas love for me in making minestrone just like hers". My darling feels as lots of others do, that cooking for them is an act of love, as indeed it is. ♡
It is sad! But those who don’t appreciate it is because they never knew the blessing of having good home made food, made with the loving hands of a mother or a grandma , to share and enjoy with loves ones, and the experience stay with you forever. Love you and your cooking Gina. There is always something to learn ❤️🙏🏻
Just love to see this video .this grandma making this delicious soup..💕
I know Grandmas rock. They are one of Gods best inventions.
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@@mariathies6314 As Gina says: 'Some people, they like a little, some people they like a lot, some people they don't like nothing!" I guess hie refers to the thumbs down crowd. This is life, goddammit! open your eyes, hearts and minds.
It's also sad because there are so many recipes in my family that I don't know how to cook. How fortunate is her family and how fortunate are we that these recipes, that are made with love, will be with us forever! Grandma Gina rocks!! 💞
She's something beautiful and peaceful in this crazy, bad, time. She's comforting and I want her to say everything is going to be fine. Just love her.
Made me emotional Avé Maria played at my mothers funeral mass. She was very traditional. I am not Italian but our cultures are very similar. Such a beautiful lady
Same. My father sobbed while Ave Maria was sung at my mother’s funeral.
I found this lovely lady by accident and I am hooked. She’s everyone’s Nonna and so lovable. I watch her videos every day, it’s so soothing and reminds of the ladies in my life who were amazing cooks. God bless you, Gina. You are a treasure! ❤️❤️❤️
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Hearing her sing warms my heart.
I love everything she makes. I love her singing, the way she can turn our life better just for watching . God bless her. I wish her all the best. 😍🥰😘 thank you!
Gina is just too adorable. I love her dishes.
That nice lady ,what she cook looks good 👍 she reminds me my grandmother from Italy 🇮🇹 I just love 💘 her. God bless 🙏 her .
Me too!
God bless this wonderful Italian woman, singing "Ave Maria" while cooking. I really love minestrone, my fave veggie soup.
Its so natural
Gina don’t change a thing! Your love for cooking, your family, your friends and your countries, past and present just lift our spirits! Keep singing, keep cooking, keep sharing…God bless you Nonna.. ..
Two weeks ago, Gina’s Channel appeared in my Recommended videos, and I immediately subscribed to her channel. My mom lived with me for her last 25years, until God, took her home four years ago at 92 years young. Momma was Queen of the kitchen just like Gina. God bless Gina and her loving family. Thank you for sharing your matriarch with the world 🌎
Beautiful family time! Looking back is so much fun!
I love her, cooking, accent, and her singing. Blessings to her always. From Trinidad and Tobago.
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Hello Marlene, ☺️ how are you ?? I hope you're good and safe. Honestly I must commend you've got an amazing smile.. I'm amazed with the way you put those smile on your beautiful face .. please keep smiling because life is beautiful and your smile too… How are you coping through this pandemic?? 😃 😷🌹❤️
I LOVE this lady! When my heart is sad, I watch her and she cheers me up AND makes me hungry!
Same... I have tears in my eyes even as I write this after watching her. Her spirit is the most precious one. I get very emotional when she sings.
I agree, brings such love filled memories of my mother-in-law whom I loved so dearly.
Christy Ballinger I agree ☝️
Hello Christy
Lol 😂 you can say that again María is unique in all her doing I believe she is God sent..
Hello Christy, ☺️ how are you ?? I hope you're good and safe. Honestly I must commend you've got an amazing smile.. I'm amazed with the way you put those smile on your beautiful face .. please keep smiling because life is beautiful and your smile too… How are you coping through this pandemic?? 😃 😷🌹❤️
The soup warms the heart as much as the soup warms the body.
I have an eating disorder and live alone, fairly isolated, so there's no one here to give me the kick I often need. So I watch TH-cam cooks. I have to say first that I wish I'd had a Grandma or Mother like Gina (oh how different life would have been!!). Secondly, I'm definitely going to give this recipe a try. Not just because soup is a good thing for freezing, but it's easy to digest and not too onerous to make. Having this lesson from Gina was a pure delight, as others have said you can't stop yourself from smiling. What a lovely warm soul she is! I'm adding the ingredients to my shopping list right now and I'll give it my best shot, though I can't promise to sing to my food. Thank you for a lovely cooking lesson Grandma Gina 🥰
Yeah... sing while cooking... 🙂
Play music and sing! It lightens the load, have a glass of wine with it and you will soon be smiling. I too am a loner and can be grim sometimes.
I love that she's a singing chef. It takes me back to my childhood when 3 generations of us would work non stop leading up to Christmas dinner and we will would sing and dance and laugh whilst we worked. I miss my grandmother and those days .....
I play music while cooking always
And have some Vino 😂😂❤❤
"Something you like, you put." No truer words were spoken. This is so fantastic! Your grandmother is a gem.
During the Coronavirus crisis, watching and making her wonderful soups, has brought some much needed comfort to me and my family. What a treasure Gina is for sharing.
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Bravo madame je voudrait svoir ci vous avait mis les haricots vert congelé
That's amazing, Carole
What Coronavirus?
@@marie-sarahdjoudi3614 je suis italiane ed j'habite en Franciacorte, pres de Brescia (1 heure de voiture au sud de Milan) dans le minestrone Italien, on y met ce que l'on veut,madame! C' est tres tres bon, surtout en automne ed hiver....
@@gabriellamarchina58 je m'en fiche que vous ete italienne je vous connais pas va cherche ailleurs
I am so happy I just received Gina's cookbook today. I started to watch her awhile ago. I loved her the first time I saw her. She reminds me of my grandmother. The way she acts and especially the way she cooks. I am 73 years old now and lost my grandmother in 1986. I am so going to enjoy your cookbook, it will be like grandma is there with me again. BTW my grandmother taught me to cook. Please keep well sweet lady, and keep cooking. I will be watching ❤
how could anybody give a "thumb down" to this jewel of human being???? How I feel sorry for people who do not enjoy the small, simple and beautiful things in life.... I loooooove you Gina and I adore your singing......
You are a star ! Just love watching you cook ....and sing ! xxx
Pay no attention to negative people
I think there are bots on TH-cam that automatically click thumbs down for all videos.
I agree love her
Those who have no soul!
This good woman is the salt of the earth!
Ave Maria! Ave Gina!
You are so rite. ❤
I love watching Gina cook, she does put a smile on my face, especially when she sings. Us Italians are always like that, happy when we cook. Grazie tanto Gina. 🌹
Our elders hold our culture, I’m not Italian, but respect for our elders and oral histories is so well demonstrated here. Real, wholesome food, song, culture and family values are passed on here. Bless Gina.
Yes, the elders hold our culture.
I'm West Indian and Italian. My precious mom is from Guyana & my precious papa is from Udine Italy.
My mom could make so many SCRUMPTIOUS things from scratch and the smell floating through the house (like you see in cartoons . LOL) made it so hard to wait for supper.
Absolutely I agree. 🥰🥰🥰
I am Sicilian and Italian and my grandma past away a couple of years ago. She made some of the best pasta sauce I ever had. Grew the tomatoes herself in her garden in her backyard. When she harvested all the tomatoes and cooked and jarred them which took a couple of days I would be playing video games downstairs where she had a second main kitchen. I took it for granted back then but I will never forgot those memories and now they are precious to me.
Grandma ziti
With chop meat ❤
@@lynetpemile8078yes, they did call it chop meat! I'm Italian and my Gramps from Italy cooked and sound like Gina. This minestrone is the real thing.❤❤❤❤😊
She’s adorable. Every time she adds an ingredient she repeats each 3 to 9 times. You can hardly miss it.
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Such a beautiful lady! So glad I found this! Your singing alone was a gift, and the soup looks delicious!! God Bless you, Grandma Gina❤️
My darling Grandmother I love it when you sing , it shows your heart is in everything you do, God Bless You.
She is adorable, lovely, and everything she makes is healthy and delicious.
I am French and speak English very badly, but Gina I adore you and I understand everything you say!
Before I was old enough to go to school, my working mother left me all day with an Italian nanny married to a spanish man. My nanny's name was Maria. So, hearing you speak with the italian accent of my beloved nanny, and then sing Ave Maria, it warms my heart Thank you very much Gina. Thank you for your recipe and thank you for your naturalness.
She has such a beautiful spirit about her and what a fabulous cook she is! God Bless Gina!
Nonna Gina è originaria della regione Puglia o Basilicata? Parla inglese con accento meridionale!! È simpaticissima e brava!! Un abbraccio a nonna Gina.
@@giuseppinabotta7488iiii
How can anyone put dislike to this beautiful women!
I love you grandma Gina❤️
I was thinking the samething!!!
I wondered the same
It is some twisted millennials out there.Nonna Gina is a treasure,..
This was wonderful I an make this
Thinking maybe they never had homemade soup they think soup only comes in a can
I love this lady! She’s so adorable. God bless her! Her grandkids are blessed to have her!
Beautiful preparation, beautiful filming, beautiful recipe, beautiful singing, beautiful soul. I'm sure your family loved that freshly made hearty soup with an extra dose of Gina love.
Cheryl Lehrman 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Nothing finer but to watch Grandma Gina and celebrate this day 12/22/22 Xmas around the corner. Just makes us smile listening to her beautiful warm voice. I've been watching her channel for years and keep coming back simply to feel love. Sometimes around holidays people are alone and feel like they have no one. Gina just brings you in and fills your ❤️ heart like an angel
I love this woman not just for her recipes but her uplifting personality
We can see how happy she is when she is cooking ... her main ingredient in every dish is LOVE !!! God Bless you Beautiful lady!!!! :)
Love
Her singing made my eyes leak and brought a smile to my heart! Love you sweet Gina!
Wonderful lady. I was mesmerized watching her construct this soup. Of course her Italian accent was a real highlight. What a treasure she is. So inspiring!
Life has been hard. But watching Nona Gina and her videos is bringing me such joy- thank you!! ♥️
What a heart warming lady,her style of cooking is amazing, let God bless her with good health, long life and happiness with her family and grandchildren.
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I am a first generation American. My daddy immigrated with his family from their farm in Catona, Italy in 1930. He was still making minestrone zuppa at 96. He used canned beans at his age. Lived to be 98. God rest his soul. Gina reminds me of my Nona Anna. I sing in the kitchen when I cook too, I am 75, love to cook. 😘 to Gina❣️
Joanna Davis 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Joanna Davis ❤️👍🏻
May his soul Rest In Peace, but that’s unbelievable….
Hello Joanna, ☺️ how are you ?? I hope you're good and safe. Honestly I must commend you've got an amazing smile.. I'm amazed with the way you put those smile on your beautiful face .. please keep smiling because life is beautiful and your smile too… How are you coping through this pandemic?? 😃 😷🌹
I would love to visit Italy ❤
Gina, as someone whose parents are Italian, I can not tell you how much I have enjoyed this. Thank you!!!
Oh she’s so precious to us💜 Stay healthy and beautiful granny 😘
"I lika, I lika so much." Love her. She's a joy to watch and listen to.
Momma Mia, I enjoy very mucha
She is such a happy grandma. She cooks with love. And it makes me want to try what she just showed.
Prima Agustina Mariamurti-Hinu 👍🏻👍🏻
And i did make the soupe
Nonna Gina Brava
We need more people like this in the world. Abbiamo bisogno di piu persone come Lei.
Try It!!! You Will love It!!!!love from Florence 🇮🇹
I never met either of my Italian grandparents, but I was lucky to have my father, a true Italian Immigrant that used to cook wonderful food from Galicano. When dad died in 2018 he had passed his passion for cooking, and recipes you won't find in most cookbooks. Gina Y Pasquale are reminders of my family. Authentic, gentle, sweet, souls. Grazi para molto zuppa, pasta, and other dishes from my childhood. Never stop singing Ave Maria. Ciao.
Gina is my role model! Now I know why Italians live longer.
Right. Italian Cook Is the best all over the world! Love from Florence 🇮🇹
She always makes me smile. I just adore this beautiful loving grandma.
YES. SHE. SO. NICE. =. JW .ORG. JOSHUA. 1 ; 8. BIBLE. READ .
@@bonniebogdanska2348 7++
I love this woman. Her singing makes the food better.
What is scarole? Is that cabbage?
Its too late to put the beans.
@@felymoore7427 Escarole. I sometimes find this in the supermarket, but it is hit and miss.
She puts genuine love into her food. Pure passion
@@felymoore7427 escarole
I love this aunty Gina and her English
Beautiful lady I love listening to her and when she sings it makes me smile . God bless you
I'm Italian. We think that cooking is a paramount part of life. Life without cooking is like love without kisses....even in 2020.....When you come home after a full day of work, meetings, emails and customers yelling at you, you just start cooking and you feel alive, you feel like human....maybe just an egg, but try and do it.....
Her song is a blessing for her family, AND a timer for sauté of onion and garlic! What a treat to find this dear Grandma!! EVERYone should have one !! God bless Gma Gina and all she inspires!!
Unfortunately nowdays people doesn’t appreciate cooking anymore. I’m the same as you.
The Ave.Holy Mother bless our Nonna Gina.
Thats true..cooking can be therapeutic in my personal view knowing what you put in your body is vital and healthy and value for money
@@saspass8854 I always take my time with the prep and kinda trance out whilst doing it. It definitely is therapeutic. I couldn't do it as a job, like being a full time chef, though.
I love this lady. Makes me miss my Italian grandma from Brooklyn. Her accent is almost the same. I want to sit down and eat that soup at her house!! Looks so good! "Ave Maria! Gratsi a plena!"
Me too! My Nona spoke exactly the same way, watching her brings me joy and makes me feel grateful that I had such a lovely Nona. It also makes me miss her terribly! Peace💜💜💜
@@Thomasfrohwitter ppp
@@dianeblack4311 hello Diane, how are you doing?
Gina is a true Italian Mum and grandma. Same like my Mum in law. This is a true family dinner soup. I love it. Keep cooking and sing Gina. Stay blessed.
When i started to watch at her i thought, another italiano dish, so Lets see it, but when she started singing my tear drops started to flow AND i just couldn't stop crying, maybe she Is not the best singer ever!! But when she Sang! There was no doubt in my mind!!!!! , was the best ave María ever!! She Is so Hart warm! God bless!! A Little bit of heaven on earth!!
I'm an American chef trained in Italian / French cuisine with a Mexican heritage. In Mexico we do not soak our beans. My professional training always taught me to soak the beans. What I learned from this video was to add aromatics to the beans while they soak... makes total sense. Grazie Nonna Gina
Los frijoles, los parrales, los porotos, las habichuelas, los gandules, las judías, etc. Tantos nombres para un platillo tan sabroso oiga !
I sometimes soak my beans overnight so that they take less time to cook in the morning and, I oftentimes use epazote for flavoring... oregano and chile colorado (chile de ristra) is optional.
I picked that up too, adding the garlic and bay leaves. She is delightful 💜.
And another thing she grows her own food👏. We really need to do it right now.
I did not see her add any thing to the beans while they soaked. Please explain. thank u also tell how u cook your beans w/ out soaking
@@mildredlane3717 It's at the very beginning starting @ about 25 seconds. She tilts the pot up and you can see dried bay leaf and three cloves of garlic.
Thanks Nona, my grandmother died last year, she was 95.
I think of her every day and you have made me smile all the way through this recipe thinking about the love she showed all of us with her cooking.
I, now, have an Italian Grandmother, love, minestrone soup, Ave Maria, love that song.
Ava Maria 🙏🏼 my mother’s favorite song she the last several months she was still with us she would want us to play it at her hospital bedside and it was played at her funeral. Your Grandma sings it so beautifully thank you for sharing.
Lynmarie Hardy My mother’s favorite song. I had them play it at my mother’s funeral mass also.
Yes she sings sweetly. Thank you for putting the names of the songs in!
My Mom too, and we played it at her funeral too. Love Miss Gina, and love all of the beautiful feedback. What a respite this is!
Lynmarie Hardy 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Every one in this world ought to have a Grandma just like Gina, she is adorable,,,,,,
Prajm perputhen
I do have someone very similar to her. It's my mom.
Granny is sweet and adorable. Love the way she cooks with compassionate heart. Love from India 😘
Wow! That feeds more than one family!! Bravo!!
I miss my best friend’s mom, a Sicilian who cooked without recipes like this. What a gift you share! Thank you for singing Ave Maria!!
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Wow superb, She must be so talented..
Hello Deanna, ☺️ how are you ?? I hope you're good and safe. Honestly I must commend you've got an amazing smile.. I'm amazed with the way you put those smile on your beautiful face .. please keep smiling because life is beautiful and your smile too… How are you coping through this pandemic?? 😃 😷🌹❤️
Hello Caroline, ☺️ how are you ?? I hope you're good and safe. Honestly I must commend you've got an amazing smile.. I'm amazed with the way you put those smile on your beautiful face .. please keep smiling because life is beautiful and your smile too… How are you coping through this pandemic?? 😃 😷🌹❤️
She’s such a precious lady I love to see her cook!
My mother in Argentina, made minestrone soup while singing religious songs (the hymn to San Nicola Pellegrino, protector of the city of Trani, Puglia). What can I do to hold back the tears watching Grandma Gina?
I am crying too!!!
Indeed.
Why hold them back?
This is similar to welsh broth but you add a little stewing steak.i loved smell in kitchen my poor mum trying to feed 7 kids even baby had it strained into a bottle.I MISS YOU MUM R.I.P LOVE YOU SO MUCH UK
Que delícia .
Awe GOD bless you Gina love your singing xx
Granny Gina sings Ave Maria and i 32 year old Giovanna start crying 😢 i miss my grandma 😢💔 THANK YOU GINA YOU BRING BACK CHILDHOOD MEMORY'S 🙏🏽 God Bless you 🙏🏽❤️
Ave Maria 🙏 sautéing onions & warming my heart at the same time 🌹
With Lent fast approaching we always have our Lenten soup suppers in our Catholic parish, this soup will be on the menu! Thanks Gina and God bless. 👍🙏.
diane sanzone 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
She's adorable.. sings while she waits for soup to cook. Looks delicious too.
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everything she makes looks and I’m sure tastes delicious. Make a cookbook. They will sell out fast. God Bless you
Yes I agree! ...Attention family members of Nonna Gina.. Try getting a Cookbook made of your Nonna's old world Italian recipes..What a gift for your family and to Nonna Gina's Fans!......My Nonna and my mother never wrote down one recipe..They cooked by taste, smell and eyeballed everything..That's how I learned how to cook, and still do it that way...But knowing not writing down the family recipes, we always had to guess after they were gone...So long ago I write down all my families old Italian recipes..I did so for my boys to carry on their Great Grandma, and their Grandmother, my mother's Italian recipes to pass down to their children..It's the best thing I ever did with my families old recipes...I think your family will treasure this cookbook, and even Nonna Gina's Fans would too.
Pat Nigro I would definitely buy one or two
I’d pre-order
Great idea!!
Yes a cookbook PLEASE.
I WILL BUY. I will Preorder.
I love when she sings it’s so cool it’s like being in Italy
I hope this beautiful woman’s family knows how blessed they are to have all of this wonderful, priceless knowledge on video! Oh what I would give, to have my grandma’s cooking knowledge on film to watch❤️
I love to watch you cook, and I’ve learned so much from you! 😊
I love her, when she sang, I cried. She is wonderful. I hope she keeps cooking. I love her recipes. ❤️
I'm a pole. I love Italy. I travel a lot. I know the flavors of Italian cuisine. I came across your movie by accident and I liked it very much. You are a real Italian. You are wonderful and you give so much warmth. I greet you warmly and wish you a lot of optimism.
I honestly couldn't love Gina's cooking show more if I tried. God Bless Gina and her family. ❤❤
amen amen amen !!!!!!
I love Ginas cooking she makes it look so easy and she sings to
Me too!
Dear Gina, thank you so much for letting me make soup along side of you. The best is when you sang Ave Maria!! 🙌
Very beautiful recipe, sweet instructions with joy and smiling. GINA, Your videos are a joy .
“You gotta cook ,if you want something to eat.” Classic. ❤️
😂 😂 😂 Nona is not into fast food, clearly.
Elizabeth Baker 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Tan linda q dios me lo bendiga
So Italian. “Something easy we make.” Three hundred pots and 4 hours. Love this. My mom and Grandmom were just the same.
😇I watch Gina with a smile on my face , LOL with your comment ( I agree) Have a good life everyone🤗🙏
Hit that head on the nail. Lol
Italian grandmothers and still some mums start cooking early in the morning for the family, especially on Sundays and Holidays!!!
We really believe good and healthy cooking (not only pasta and pizza....) can help to live Better under every point of view!
Love from Florence 🇮🇹😊🍝
It was precisely 1 hour and 20 minutes. She started at 5:40 PM. The food was ready at EXACTLY 7PM. Look at the clock at the stove.
Cutest woman ever...Has convinced me that everyone needs an Italian Grandma...
Agreed!
Paulabella Agee
David Oickle agree
Paulabella ...YES!!!!
I spent two summers with mine, straight from the village of Venafro. Her voice/accent is so comforting to me. She's got my grandmother's voice, those cute little hands. She even walks like my grand mom. The garden, with the fig tree the tomatoes, cucumbers. My grandmom had grape vines, too. Red and green grapes.
Nonna makes me so happy! I feel the warmth of her kitchen. ❤
This minestrone is DELICIOUS!!! God Bless Gina!! I love you and I love your recipes!! Keep Cooking!! Keep Singing!!! I watch everyday. Your the BEST!!!
Makes me teary eyed Gina, talks like my grandma use to talk, exactly 😊💗✝️
Been watching grandma Gina on and off, at her older age i am impress, like her accent, her kitchen counter is clean, shes organize, and i smile when shes singing while waiting for the onion and garlic to turn light brown. God bless you Grandma Gina.👵😍😉😇😀❤️
Complimentin nonna Gina sei grande e simpatica e adorabile
Gina reminds me exactly like my grandma from Naples....i mean exactly....I watch her all the time... I made this soup more then a bunch of times. I know it will be good because its fresh and easy to learn.... Thank you Grandma Gina😘😘
Oh Grandma Gina, I just love your singing, and your bubbly personality.
I enjoy watching you in the kitchen, your soup looks delicious. Wish I was sitting at your table.
Marcia Parsley 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Marcia Parsley ❤️👍🏻
Our daughter is a very picky eater. So when I cook and serve something that she does not care for she goes to the pantry and fixes herself a can of Progresso Minestrone Soup.
Boy will she be surprised when I make this homemade minestrone soup. It will knock her socks off. Plus she will appreciate so much the love that will go into making this precious recipe!
Thank you Grandma Gina for sharing your recipe💕💕
Did you make the soup?
Rafaela Moy yes I did. Also froze some for this fall. My daughter loved it as it is just deliciously delightful.
We played Ava Maria at my beloved mother's funeral, my dear mother was one of the great soup cooks ever. Thank you Gina for this recipe.
A. P. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Nice recipe, love how gramma Gina sings while cooking!
Is it just me or does everyone else watch Gina with a smile from ear to ear?... Gina, you're adorable.. Stay beautiful
Me too🤣👍
Yes I smile every single time no matter if I’ve watched the video twice and I’m showing it to other people as well she reminds me of my Nona so much love her so much
Su ik km
I only found her YESTERDAY And subscribe right away.. I’m hooked lol she is cute.
Love her she is like my nonna