13 tuscan bean and pasta soup Recipes

italian sausage, sliced, zucchini, sliced, summer squash, sliced, onion, chopped, tubettini pasta or 8 oz orzo pasta, water, pasta sauce, garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained, beef bouillon cube

olive oil, garlic clove, finely minced, shallot, finely diced, fat free chicken broth or 3 -4 cups vegetable stock, diced tomatoes, white beans (cannellini or other), whole wheat pasta shells or 1/2 cup shell pasta, rosemary, baby spinach, cleaned and trimmed, black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes

pancetta, spanish onion, chopped, stalks celery, chopped, carrots, chopped, herbs , de provence, cannellini beans, drained and rinsed, veal broth, cream sherry, angel hair pasta

smoked bacon, finely chopped, onion, chopped, garlic, minced, freshly grated nutmeg (optional), crushed red pepper flakes (optional), chicken broth , or more as needed, cannellini beans, drained and rinsed - or more to taste, chopped sun-dried tomatoes, parmesan cheese rind, red or white swiss chard, uncooked small pasta , such as orzo or pastina, fresh sage leaves, minced, leaves fresh basil, coarsely chopped (optional), grated parmesan cheese, divided (optional), extra-virgin olive oil, divided (optional)

olive oil, onions, chopped (about 4 cups), carrots, peeled and chopped (about 1 cup), celery ribs, chopped (about 3/4 cup), vegetable broth, garlic, minced, diced tomatoes (packed in juice), parsley, chopped, salt and pepper, swiss chard, packed and chopped (about 20 oz), cooked white beans (2 15-oz cans), whole wheat pasta , cooked al dente and drained (elbows, stars, rotini, etc), fresh basil, chopped

onion, chopped, carrot, sliced, olive oil, chicken broth, water, salt, pepper, white kidney or cannellini beans, rinsed and drained, uncooked small spiral pasta, sliced fresh escarole or spinach, shredded cooked chicken

olive oil, onion, chopped, garlic clove, minced, crushed tomatoes, fat-free chicken broth, kidney beans, undrained, dried basil, dried parsley, sugar, pepper, water, dried small whole wheat pasta (shells or broken noodles)

olive oil, minced red onions, diced carrot, diced celery, salt, freshly ground black pepper, tomato puree, garlic cloves, peeled, dried cannelloni beans, soaked and rinsed, water, bay leaves, olive oil, fresh rosemary, cut in half, garlic cloves, peeled, dried short pasta , such as ditalini or small macaroni, cooked until tender, drained and rinsed under cool water, crusty italian bread

pasta shell, olive oil, white onion, chopped, garlic cloves, chopped, dried rosemary, bay leaf, dried red pepper flakes, sun-dried tomato , in oil, drained, julienned, carrot, chopped, garbanzo beans, drained and divided, grated parmesan cheese, chicken broth, salt and pepper

elbow macaroni or other small pasta, olive oil, yellow onion, minced, garlic clove, minced, tomato paste , blended with 1 cup warm water, cooked -or- 1 15-oz can cannellini or other white beans, drained and rinsed, vegetable stock, red pepper flakes , or to taste, bay leaves, dried oregano, salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

uncooked ditalini (very short tube-shaped macaroni), acini di pepe (tiny round pasta), or orzo, olive oil, chopped onion (1 large), chopped carrot (about 2 carrots), minced garlic, chopped fresh rosemary, chopped fresh thyme, vegetable broth (such as swanson), divided, water, chickpeas (garbanzo beans), rinsed and drained, freshly ground black pepper, salt