The Story:
When I tell people what I do, they sometimes get a little jealous. They think all I do is stay home and bake up (or cook up) something pretty, take a few photos and then upload it to a site. There is a TON more that goes into everything I do, but I will spare you the complete list. But my least favorite part of the deal? Doing dishes. I feel like a mother of 12 cleaning so many plates, bowls, spoons, and spatulas! Everything I touch gets covered in chocolate, smothered with batter, consumed by crumbs. So when the photos are all taken and I glance back at the kitchen, it looks like a tornado came through.
So for you and me on the days when we just don’t want to dirty more than one dish to get dinner ready. A one pot wonder.
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This is my third post for “real” food on the blog! Overall I’ve received a lot of great support with this new adventure. If you are a die-hard cupcake fan, don’t worry… notice I have still posted 2 new dessert recipes every week since this started. So you’ll still get your sweet tooth filled, but maybe you’ll start to crave some pasta or soup one of these days and I will be here to help with that as well!
Check out my 15-minute Taco Soup!
Italian Noodle Soup
Ingredients
- 4 C. broth vegetable or chicken
- 12 oz. fettuccine pasta or another noodle type
- 8 oz. spinach or more if you dare
- 3 cans diced tomatoes 15 oz. can, not drained
- 1 onion chopped
- 5 cloves of garlic
- 1/2 Tbsp. dried basil
- 1/2 Tbsp. dried oregano
- 1 tsp. red pepper flakes optional but give a nice kick
- pepper to taste I used about 2 tsp.
Serve with toasted French bread
You can also top with cheese (everything is better with cheese)
Instructions
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1. Put your broth in a large soup bot, heat until bubbling.
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2. Add in all the other ingredients (yes it's that simple) and cook until noodles are al dente (still have a little bite to them). Don't stir too much and you will probably want to break your noodles in half for them to fit into the pot.
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3. Serve hot with french bread. I sliced mine, topped with a little cheese and broiled them in the oven for a few minutes.
It’s a one pot, no fuss dinner
A bowl of Italy
Cut your onion in half so that it doesn’t slip. Then slice it long(right and left on the photo) and then cut it the other way to easily chop it all up.
Bon appétit!
Adapted from Italian Wonderpot
Yum! Looks delicious.
Perfect for the luncheon for our teachers during parent/teacher conferences. Thanks!
Lizzy, I always love your taste choices in everything you make and post. No exception for this soup. I’m Italian and this soup recipe looks good. Easy to do in one pot to. Nice job!
Lizzy, You are awesome! Keep all your great ideas and recipes coming!
Dinner tonight! Thanks!
Looks yummy:)
I really like easy and tasty recipes that don’t require a lot of time or dishes to prepare.
This looks like the soup that is all over Pinterest. I have pinned the one from Pinterest and can’t wait to try it.
Just made this- it’s delicious! Only thing I will leave out next time is the red pepper flakes- it was “drink a whole bottle of water and now my nose is running” hot! My fault though- I should have known better than to add them since I don’t like super spicy things! Will definitely make again though- great flavor!
Oh I’m so sorry! My red pepper flakes must not be very strong…
No need to be sorry- it’s still really good! I’m just a baby when it comes to spicy things! Keep up the good work! 🙂
Oh if I only lived closer, I’d wash up for you… that is for a taste or two of your yummie looking goodies!
Omg making this now! I added jalapeños, it’s perfection! Thank you
Hi! This looks wonderful– I am going to make it Wednesday evening for a dinner party– how long do you cook it for? Did you keep the lid on the pot the whole time it was cooking? Thank you, thank you! xx
I did keep the lid on, but occasionally stirred. You only have to cook long enough to cook the noodles, so about 9 minutes or so, just test a noodle to check!
I just made this and it was amazing! My fiancée also loved it. He said he liked it better than regular spaghetti sauce 🙂 thanks
Oh good! And it’s super simple, which I love
I’m going to make this today. My husband love anything with any type of pasta in it (it’s that Italian thing!). Plus, it’s raining here today so this will be perfect.
I’m right there with you on the dish washing issue! I cook A LOT and I don’t have a dishwasher. I’m doing dishes all..day..long!! 🙂
The recipe doesn’t mention if the garlic should be whole or minced?
Mince it!!
My daughter does not like chunks of tomato, could I purée before adding? Would this taste ok if I added zucchini?
Yes and yes! Soups are so great to change ingredients and switch it up to make it work for your family 🙂
can i substitute the spinach for something? we don’t have any!! :p
You don’t even have to use anything if you don’t want to!
My husband and I made the Italian Noodle Soup and it was very delicious!!!!! Thank you for this easy and tasty recipe! Please post more!!! 🙂
Made this today and it was delicious! I used while grain noodles and fresh tomatoes from my garden! Yum!!
Did this today for lunch, extra delicious and easy, thanks!!!
i want to do in crock pot–gonna try it. Have you ever cooked this way?
I have not! But just cook it as long as it needs to cook the pasta through!
Did it work in the crick pot?
Looks delicious! Do you drain the broth in the end?
I’ve made this several times since I found this on your website and we really like it! It’s great for when my garden is producing to use my fresh herbs, tomatoes, and zucchini. Thank you!
An impressive share! I’ve just forwarded this onto a coworker who was doing a little research on this.
And he in fact bought me lunch simply because I stumbled upon it for him…
lol. So let me reword this…. Thank YOU for the meal!! But yeah,
thanks for spending the time to discuss this topic here on your blog.