3 tuscan soup basil garlic sauce Recipes

butter or 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, onion, chopped, garlic cloves, minced, whole tomatoes with juice, tomato paste with garlic (i used 1/4 cup), chicken stock, butternut squash, peeled and diced, salt and pepper, fresh basil, chopped, dried thyme, fat-free half-and-half or 1 -1 1/4 cup nonfat yogurt, tabasco sauce or 3 dashes other hot pepper sauce

marinara sauce, cannellini beans, rinsed, roasted red peppers, extra virgin olive oil, garlic clove, chicken broth, fresh basil (thin strips), fresh ground pepper , to taste, french bread, grated parmesan cheese