January is national soup month! Earlier this week I posted some links to soup recipes already shared here on PYP. Make sure you check it out, some of my favorite recipes are listed there.
Also, each week this month I will be sharing a new soup recipe for you to try. This is a new recipe I want to make, but haven’t yet. I found the recipe on Food.com, one of my favorite recipe sites. It looks delicious!
1/4 cup olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 carrots, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1 bay leaf
3 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth
1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
2 (15 ounce) cans white beans, any variety
1 (10 ounce) packaged frozen chopped spinach, thawed
3/4 cup macaroni, uncooked
salt and pepper grated parmesan cheese, and or pecorino romano cheese, to serve
Heat the oil in a 4 quart soup pot over medium heat.
Add the onion, garlic, carrots, celery and thyme and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.
Add the chicken broth, tomatoes and bay leaf.
Drain the beans and roughly mash 1/2 a can of beans. Add the beans and mashed beans to the pot.
Squeeze the water from the thawed spinach and add to the pot.
Season with salt and pepper and simmer for at least 10 minutes and up to 30 minutes.
Add the macaroni and cook until tender according to package directions. (About 10 minutes.).
Serve sprinkled with grated parmesan and/or pecorino romano.