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| Minestrone Soup |
My husband had an upset tummy last night so I thought a nice bowl of soup would set him right. Color Me Vegan was due back at the library last week and I've been frantically cooking as many recipes as possible before it gets dropped off later today. The Minestrone Soup with Kale seemed like the perfect recipe to try. I added alphabet letters instead of elbow macaroni to entice my daughter to taste it and it worked! She picked out the onion, carrots, tomatoes, and kale but the broth, navy beans and pasta received firm approval. The only thing I noticed was that the alphabet pasta kept expanding and expanding. Does it ever stop? It's sort of taken over the pot, I'm not sure what the trick to keeping the soup from becoming a letter stew is but if someone knows please share your secret. :-)
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| Expanding letters take over the pot! |
Ha! Of course she pulled out the onion but to bad about all of them. But there was some nutrients from the vegetables in the broth at least.
ReplyDeleteAnd, as a pasta lover (though I usually do eat whole wheat/grain, letters are fun for adults too!!!) letters taking over the pot by expanding sounds good to me.
Great photos and descriptions/story as is usual, Lee!
Thanks Lisa! It's my first time using the letters and Maggie quite enjoyed eating them. I can see using them in a different type of soup as a distraction if I want to try something new.
ReplyDeleteLetter pasta are cool! Definitely appealing and a way to incorporate other foods. Genius!
ReplyDeleteI'd be okay with an alphabet take-over too! It's cute.
ReplyDeleteThey sucked all the liquid out of the pot! Watch out, they're coming for you!
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