This recipe for a soup I made from pantry ingredients is almost a vegetable bean soup. It is very good!

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1 T olive oil

1 T butter

2 cloves garlic

1 onion chopped

1 carrot, peeled and chopped

1 stalk celery chopped

1 red pepper chopped

4 very thin slices ham

1 c crushed tomatoes

1 can white beans drained and rinsed

2–4 c chicken broth

1 piece of parmesan rind

Bay leaf, 1/2 t smoked paprika, salt, pepper

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Melt oil and butter in a medium sized pot.

Add garlic and onions. Saute lightly and add carrot, celery, red pepper. Saute until soft.

Stir in ham and cook lightly. Add tomatoes and seasonings. Stir in 2 c chicken broth.

Add cheese rind. Let simmer about 1 /2 hour. Add beans and another cup of chicken broth. Cook another 1/2 hour on a very low simmer.

If this gets to thick add more chicken broth. Serve with a grating of parmesan cheese and you may sprinkle with basil or cilantro.

Save your cheese rinds. They add good flavor to soup.

Remember rendered bacon, pancetta or turkey will also work. Or don’t use at all and make this vegetarian by using vegetable stock instead of chcken.

Just make this your soup! Today, YOU are the sorcerer!