May 4, 2009

Tomato Alphabet Soup

This alphabet soup was ridiculously simple and very good and warming for a cold, gray day. The amounts you use are totally up to you. I used one frozen container (3 C) of my homemade tomato juice. I brought that to a boil, added a handful of this happy whole grain pasta shown in the picture, added some frozen peas and corn from our garden, plus a little dash of Worcestershire for zing and salt and pepper to taste. It was done in just a few minutes and made for a wonderful lunch. Obviously this is a very flexible recipe and any number of vegetables can be used. Get creative!
These recipes will hopefully give you some ideas about how to use produce from your garden or farmer's market. There are also other recipes that are simply here because they are our favorites, or someone made a request at the last church lunch! I'd like to encourage you to alter these recipes to suit your own tastes, your family's needs, and to use what you have on hand. Therefore, some of my recipes will not have exact measurements. So...if any of the recipes leaves you scratching your head, just send me an email and I'll try to answer your question. HappyGrowing@eatingfromthegarden.com