February 20, 2007 Tomato Florentine Soup

Easy Tastebud Delights

2.20 Edition (February 20, 2007)

Quick and Easy Recipes

Less than 30 minutes

Hi Everyone! Happy Fat Tuesday to you!! Today I picked up about 12 more cookbooks at the Value Village half price sale...many of them focus on quick and easy meals, so once I go through them I will have more recipes to share!

The weather is supposed to start warming up this week, so the recipe I will share is another comfort food soup. I've been making this soup for the past 2 years and it rarely makes it to the freezer. If you have leftover meat, add it or it can be a great meat-free dish. The colour is amazing and it is so FAST! I made some on Saturday and it took around 20 minutes to put together, heat and serve...our boys love it too so that's a bonus! Serve with grilled cheese sandwiches. Enjoy!

Tomato Florentine Soup

5 cups water

1 tbsp. concentrated chicken stock

1 can vegetable soup

1/2 cup salsa

1 can tomato soup

1/2 pkg. frozen spinach

1/4 tsp. oregano

ground pepper to taste

1 tsp. worchestershire sauce

hot sauce to taste

1/2 tsp. minced garlic

1 pkg. Spring Vegetable Cup-a-Soup

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1/2 cup uncooked mini pasta shells

Combine all ingredients in saucepan without thawing the spinach. Allow to heat gently for 20 minutes on medium-low heat until spinach is tender. Do NOT boil!

When pasta is al dente, soup is ready to serve. Enjoy!

Freezes well.

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