Name: Spinach and Vegetable Soup with Pastina
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: Sea salt and black pepper; Freshly grated Parmesan or Pecorino Romano cheese (optional); 3 quarts water; 1½ cups uncooked pastina (tiny star pasta); 2 carrots, finely chopped; 3 cloves garlic, sliced; 2 ripe tomatoes, coarsely chopped, including any juices; 1 medium red onion, coarsely chopped; 3 tablespoons organic butter, buttery spread, or extra-virgin olive oil; 2 shallots, coarsely chopped; 2 pounds organic baby spinach, rinsed and drained

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

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Welcome to Claire's

By Claire Criscuolo

Published 2014

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This soup pairs lots of incredibly healthy organic spinach with the little pasta stars of my childhood in a delicious soup that’s on the table in about an hour. And for an extra treat and added nourishment, beat 3 eggs with about ¼ cup of grated Parmesan cheese and stir it into the soup during the last minute of cooking. Either way, it’s a wond