[Home]  [GFCF Recipe Index]  [Frugal Food Storage]  [Biblical Womanhood]  [Archived Recipe Index]  [Links] [New Blog]  [Old Fashioned Education]  [Prairie Homemaker]  [My Mother's Blog] Italian Bean & Pasta Soup 10 ounce can condensed tomato soup 15 ounce can tomatoes 15 ounce can kidney beans, or any other type 15 ounce can great northern or navy beans, or any other type 15 ounce can carrots 1 or 2 tablespoons butter or vegetable oil 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1 tablespoon dry onions 3/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning or 1/2 teaspoon basil & 1/4 teaspoon oregano Pinch ground black pepper or red pepper flakes, or both 1/2 cup dry elbow macaroni Get out a large pot, at least 4-quart-sized. Open up all of the cans and add their contents to the pot. Fill the empty soup can with water and add this to the pot too. Measure in the Butter or Oil, Garlic, Italian Seasonings and Pepper. Stir the soup gently and bring it to a boil. Add the macaroni. Reduce the heat so the soup simmers briskly. Allow it to simmer like this for 20 minutes to cook the macaroni. Serve with bread sticks or toast spread with garlic butter. Makes 6 hearty servings. Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 239 Calories; 3g Fat (12.4% calories from fat); 12g Protein; 43g Carbohydrate; 8g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 1130mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 2 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 1/2 Fat. [Home]  [GFCF Recipe Index]  [Frugal Food Storage]  [Biblical Womanhood]  [Archived Recipe Index]  [Links] [New Blog]  [Old Fashioned Education]  [Prairie Homemaker]  [My Mother's Blog] GFCF = Gluten Free & Casein Free The Christian Counter © FrugalAbundance 2007-2008  :-)  And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.  Use hospitality one to another without grudging.  As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.--1 Peter 4:8-10