Pasta & Bean Soup
Using basic canned goods and a few other staples, you can make this comforting soup in just minutes. The trick to achieving a full-bodied homemade flavor from canned chicken broth is to freshen it up with a handful of herbs, some garlic cloves and crushed red pepper. For a meatier flavor, add a little crumbled cooked Italian turkey sausage to the soup.
Source: EatingWell Magazine, Fall 2004
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Ingredients
Directions
Tips
Ingredient Note: Individually quick-frozen (IQF) spinach is sold in convenient plastic bags. If you have a 10-ounce box of spinach on hand, use just over half of it and cook according to package directions before adding to the soup in Step 3.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 cup
Per Serving:
92 calories; protein 6.3g; carbohydrates 14.1g; dietary fiber 1.8g; sugars 1.9g; fat 1.3g; saturated fat 0.6g; cholesterol 3mg; vitamin a iu 798IU; vitamin c 12.1mg; folate 42mcg; calcium 71.7mg; iron 1.1mg; magnesium 10.4mg; potassium 277.3mg; sodium 537.9mg; thiamin 0.1mg.
Exchanges:
1 1/ 2 starch, 1 vegetable, 1 lean meat