A soup using whatever is around, plus tomatoes. The noodles add the thickness; the vegetables, fragrance. Sing a bit of ‘O Sole Mio’ and the soup is ready.
Ingredients
- 2-4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 3 tbs olive oil
- 6 fresh tomatoes cut in eighths, or 1 lb can of tomatoes
- 2 tbs tomato paste
- 1 cup cooked beans of your choice (kidney, garbanzo, or white limas are good) or 1 can of beans
- Dice some combination of the following to equal roughly 1 1/2 cups: broccoli, mushrooms, eggplant, green beans, bell pepper, rutabaga
- 6 cups stock
- 1/2 cup dried noodles (optional)
- fresh parsley
- 1 tsp basil (dried or fresh)
- 1 1/2 tsp oregano (dried or fresh)
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 tsp rosemary (dried or fresh)
Recipe
Saute onions and garlic until soft. Add everything else; let it get to almost a boil, then simmer for 45 minutes or so. Can be frozen if you don’t eat it all. Serves 6.