5 tuscan wheat soup beans Recipes

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

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

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)

half of recipe above, dayold dried good quality bread such as a nutty unsweetened whole wheat bread (italian ) or a sourdough or a tuscan bread or a country french bread, cut into 1inch chunks, crusts left on, extra virgin olive oil, salt and freshly ground black pepper, freshly grated parmesan or pecorino romano for garnish