Healthy Alphabet Soup
photo by Thorsten
- Ready In:
- 1hr 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1 cup onion, chopped
- 1 cup carrot, finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 1⁄2 cups vegetarian chicken broth or 3 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup dried white bean, rinsed
- 1 (398 ml) can tomatoes, cut up
- 1 teaspoon dried Italian herb seasoning or 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne
- 1 cup dry alphabet pasta
directions
- Combine first five ingredients; boil.
- Add next four ingredients; boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer stirring occasionally for 1 1/2 hours until beans are tender.
- Using a slotted spoon, remove most of the beans and transfer remaining liquid to a blender; process till smooth.
- Return mixture and beans back to the pot; Stir in alphabet pasta.
- Boil then reduce hear; cover and simmer 8 minutes until pasta is tender but firm.
- Yield: 6 1 1/2 cup servings.
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I cheated a bit when making this and used a can of white beans instead of dried beans and therefore omitted the water. The pasta used was Organic Vegetable Alphabets. I sauteed the veggies before adding the broth and reduced the cooking time to about 30 minutes. The cayenne gives the soup a very nice bite wihout making it hot. DD had a 2nd bowl. That alone would make it a 5 star recipe for me. Thanks for posting. Made for ZWT4
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Nice and easy and tasty too. The kids liked it and I'm happy that I made a nutritious meal. I used tinned kidney beans as I didn't have white beans, so I used a little less water, and it worked out really well. I chopped the onion really fine, used minced garlic, and grated the carrot, so I didn't puree at all, making it simple. I'm tempted to add a little chopped bacon next time, then the husband will eat it too!
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Our family really enjoyed this soup. I was looking for something a bit different than our standard chicken noodle soup and this fit the bill. I had some extra tomato paste on hand so used a few tablespoons of that instead of the canned tomatoes and added extra stock. I also added some chopped green beans for extra veggies & colour.
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We were crazy about this recipe. I made it for my daughters to take to school in their lunches. When it was almost gone, I finished it up. It is a good thing I didn't try it first because they might not have had any if I had! This was a wonderful blend of flavors and textures. I used canned white beans and substituted tomato puree for the tomatoes as one of my daughters doesn't like pieces of tomato. I will stick to this recipe from here on out - it was just right!! Thank you for sharing!
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This was really good, and simple! I took out the beans completely from the recipe, but added browned ground turkey at the same time as adding the noodles. (Husband always has to have some sort of meat or poultry in his dinner!) My grocery store didn't have Alphabet pasta, so I used small shells and they worked great!
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We were crazy about this recipe. I made it for my daughters to take to school in their lunches. When it was almost gone, I finished it up. It is a good thing I didn't try it first because they might not have had any if I had! This was a wonderful blend of flavors and textures. I used canned white beans and substituted tomato puree for the tomatoes as one of my daughters doesn't like pieces of tomato. I will stick to this recipe from here on out - it was just right!! Thank you for sharing!
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I cheated a bit when making this and used a can of white beans instead of dried beans and therefore omitted the water. The pasta used was Organic Vegetable Alphabets. I sauteed the veggies before adding the broth and reduced the cooking time to about 30 minutes. The cayenne gives the soup a very nice bite wihout making it hot. DD had a 2nd bowl. That alone would make it a 5 star recipe for me. Thanks for posting. Made for ZWT4
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