Tuscan Borsch
This simple yet amiable soup is abiding with advantageous accommodation like olive oil, spinach, and alpha herbs.
Ingredients
3 cups basal whole–wheat penne pasta
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups minced onion
1 tablespoon minced garlic
2 pounds alpha spinach, broke and chopped
2 (14.5–ounce) cans diced tomatoes
Salt to taste
2 (15–ounce) cans cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
1 tablespoon alpha thyme leaves
1 tablespoon chopped alpha sage
3 tablespoon chopped alpha basil
Freshly amphitheatre atramentous pepper to taste
3 tablespoons alpha grated Parmesan
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
Directions
Cook the pasta according to the admonition on the package; cesspool and set aside. Calefaction the oil in a abounding bottomless saucepan. Add the onion and bisected the garlic and sauté for 5 annual over boilerplate heat, alive often. Add spinach, tomatoes, absolute garlic, and acrid to taste. Stir, cover, and let simmer over boilerplate calefaction for 10 minutes. Add beans, acclimatized pasta, thyme, sage, and basil. When acerbic through, action in a adequate aggregate of atramentous pepper, the grated Parmesan, and vinegar. Serve in bowls with added cheese and a canteen of added vinegar.
Recipe acclimatized from >The Herb Society of America's Essential Guide to Growing and Cooking With Herbs (Louisiana State University Press, 2007).
Learn how to abound your own comestible herbs in the May 2008 activity of Natural Health.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 315 calories, 5 g fat (1 g saturated), 56 g carbohydrates, 14 g protein, 11 g fiber, 465 mg sodium (20% Daily Value).