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This meatless soup is both economical and flavorful. Church groups could buy the ingredients in bulk and assemble mixes to give to shut-ins.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen
This recipe is:
Diabetic Friendly
Nutritional Facts 1 cup (calculated without cheese) equals 148 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 256 mg sodium, 29 g carbohydrate, 7 g fiber, 8 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 starch, 1 lean meat, 1 vegetable.
Originally published as Pasta Fagioli Soup Mix in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2009, p105
Cooking Dried BeansWhen cooking dried navy or lima beans in a recipe with tomatoes, the acidity of the tomatoes slows down the cooking of dry beans. So tomato or tomato products should be added after the beans are nearly tender. Salt can also inhibit the cooking and should be added at the same time as the tomatoes.
When cooking dried navy or lima beans in a recipe with tomatoes, the acidity of the tomatoes slows down the cooking of dry beans. So tomato or tomato products should be added after the beans are nearly tender. Salt can also inhibit the cooking and should be added at the same time as the tomatoes.
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Reviewed on Dec. 04, 2012 by carolanne1210
Very similar to the recipe I've made for years. I add a ham hock, though, and after it's cooked pick out what little meat it contains and return the meat to the soup. The flavor is delicately smoky and delicious!
Reviewed on Jan. 10, 2012 by chocolatecookies
This is a very good thick and tasty soup. It takes a while to make, but it is worth it. Because a full recipe would be too much soup for us, I made a half recipe of this soup. It made about 4 meal-size servings with the half recipe amounts. Rather than using water for cooking the beans, etc., I used 32 oz. of fat-free, reduced sodium chicken broth and left out the salt and Parmesan cheese. Since I didn't have any carrots, I added a 4 oz. can of mushroom pieces (rinsed, drained and chopped). I also reduced the amount of dried minced onions to 1 tablespoon vs. 2 tablespoons for a half recipe and omitted the red pepper flakes.
Reviewed on Jan. 03, 2012 by Tives
I made a number of jars of the mix to give as Christmas gifts this year. With the leftovers, I decided to make a pot of this soup for my family. Because I was short on time, I only soaked the beans for an hour. I was afraid they'd still be too hard, but it ended up fine. Since I made this right after Christmas, I threw in my ham bone and some leftover cut-up ham. Delicious! Even better as a leftover when all the flavors had a chance to meld. I will surely make this again!
Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2011 by poppekids
This is a terrific recipe! Made some jars for Christmas gifts for special people, hope they enjoy it as much as I did!
Reviewed on Dec. 09, 2011 by GrannyTrimpe
My daughter & I made this mix for holiday gifts but it would be great as a housewarming gift, also. I made it before making the jars up and we all thought it was great without any additions but I could see meat being added, too. Our jars look just like the picture and I was amazed that the portions were just right to fit into the jars! This is a keeper, for sure.
Reviewed on Dec. 03, 2011 by mamamerg
Delicious! Just wondering how this could be adapted to cook in a slow cooker......
Reviewed on Dec. 02, 2011 by norena70
I have made this soup so many times since I got the recipe in your soup magazine 2008. In fact I just made it again last week. It is my husbands favorite all time soup. Delicious as is.
Reviewed on Dec. 02, 2011 by sherry_vinigrette
Delicious! I made this into an Italian minestrone - after the beans were cooked, I added the listed ingredients and water, PLUS one finely chopped strip of bacon, one medium size peeled and chopped potato, 2 chicken bouillion cubes and 1/4 cup of red wine (any dry wine you like will do nicely). I also added 1/4 teaspoon of red chili flakes. I did not add any salt because the bouillion cubes were enough. I let it simmer on medium-low for 20 minutes, until the potato was cooked through... YUM!
Reviewed on Jan. 13, 2011 by famnorris
I made about 18 jars of this mix to give a gifts this past Christmas. Several people made the soup, relaying that it was delicious. I made some as well, and it WAS delicious. I added a couple of cans of beef broth to each batch I made, to make more broth, and also a pound of cooked and crumbled ground beef on one occasion, and a pound of Italian seasoned ground turkey on another. My entire family loved it.
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