Italian Vegetable Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb bulk italian sausage
• 2 cups chopped onions
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 7 cups water
• 4 medium carrots, pared and sliced
• 1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoes, undrained,coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons instant beef bouillon or 6 beef bouillon cubes
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped zucchini
• 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
• 1 cup uncooked rotini pasta or 1 cup elbow macaroni

Recipe

• 1 in a large kettle or dutch oven, brown sausage, onion and garlic pour off fat add water carrots, tomatoes with juice,bouillon, italian seasoning and pepper, bring to a boil.
• 2 reduce heat cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• 3 add zucchini, beans and rotini.
• 4 cook 15 to 20 minutes or until rontini is tender, stirring soup occaionally.
• 5 garnish as desired.
• 6 refrigerate leftovers.