Pasta-and-chickpea Soup With Pesto

It is to trivialize greatly the work of Christ to suggest that God the Father sent His only-begotten Son into the world to bear the world’s blasphemy, insults, and violence, and, most of all, to bear the Father’s wrath – all for increased cash flow and fewer bouts with asthma. It is to make a joke out of the great displeasure, anger, and wrath God has toward sin and sinful persons. God’s real problem, say the faith teachers, is not that we are wicked, selfish, God-hating rebels who deserve eternal punishment, but that we aren’t enjoying ourselves!

Michael Horton

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains, Dairy	Dutch	Veg08	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	T	Olive oil
2	c	Chopped onion
1	c	Sliced leek, about 1 small
1	T	Chopped fresh or 1 teaspoon
		dried
		rosemary
2		Garlic cloves, minced
4	c	Chopped tomato, about 2
		pounds
3	c	Water
1		Vegetable broth, 14
		1/2-ounce
1		Chickpeas, garbanzo beans
		14-ounce
		undrained
1	c	Diced zucchini
1/2	c	Frozen petite green peas
1/2	c	Frozen baby lima beans
1/2	c	Frozen french-cut green
		beans
1/3	c	Uncooked pastina, tiny
		star-shaped
		pasta or any small
		pasta
2	T	Chopped fresh or 2 teaspoons
		parsley
1/4	t	Black pepper
2	T	Commercial pesto
2	T	Grated fresh parmesan
		cheese 1/2 ounce

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, leek,
rosemary, and garlic, and saut, 10 minutes. Add tomato, water, broth,
and chickpeas, and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce and simmer 30
minutes. Add zucchini, peas, lima beans, and green beans; bring to a
boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes . Stir in
pastina, parsley, and pepper, and cook 8 minutes. Spoon 1 1/2 cups
soup into each of bowls; top each serving with 1 teaspoon pesto sauce
and 1 teaspoon cheese. Yield: 6 servings.  CALORIES 271(25% from fat);
FAT 7.5g (sat l.8g mono 4.1, poly 1.3g);  PROTEIN 1O.5g; CARB 43.3g;
FIBER 8.8g; CHOL 3mg; IRON 3.8mg; SODIUM  659mg; CALC 148mg  Recipe by:
Cooking Light, March 1999  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 333 Calories From Fat: 125 Total Fat: 14.3g Cholesterol: 27.9mg Sodium: 908.5mg Potassium: 789.7mg Carbohydrates: 32.8g Fiber: 9.1g Sugar: 7.7g Protein: 21g