VEGETABLE NOODLE SOUP RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat; add all the vegetables, garlic and onion. Season with the salt, and cook until tender, about 6 minutes. Add the pasta and cook until slightly toasted and golden, about 2 minutes. Add broth, and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook, covered, until pasta is just tender, about 8 minutes.
• Stir in whatever herb suits you (or your young eater) and lemon juice. Season with pepper and additional salt, to taste. Fill thermos, pack in a lunch sack with crackers and cheese sticks and send off to school.

Steps:

• Cook noodles according to package directions, drain and set aside.
• While noodles are cooking, heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat.
• Saute onion, stirring until pale golden, about 5 minutes.
• Add garlic, carrots and celery and saute until tender, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and reserved juice, broth, water, oregano, basil, bay leaf, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, partially covered, about 30 minutes.
• Stir in the beans and cooked noodles.
• Remove bay leaf.
• Sprinkle some of the parmesan cheese and chopped parsley on each serving of soup, or stir into saucepan prior to serving.