Italian Winter Soup

A hearty meal for a cold winters day. Serve with crusty bread. Originally got this recipe from Mastercook Deluxe

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 2 (14 1/2ounce) cans beef broth
• 1⁄2 cup elbow macaroni
• 1  lb  ground round
• 1  can red kidney beans
• 1  cup  spaghetti sauce

Directions

1. Pour the beef broth and macaroni into a sauce pan.
2. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally, until macaroni is tender.
3. Cook the ground beef in a frying pan, stirring to break up large chunks, until meat is brown; drain off fat.
4. Drain the beans (reserve the liquid).
5. Puree 1 cup of beans with all the reserved liquid in a blender.
6. When Macaroni is tender, stir the pureed beans, whole beans, cooked meat and spaghetti sauce into the pot.
7. Heat though and serve.