Italian Penicillin Soup - Mama’s cure #italian #soup #homemade

noodles

🥗Healthier: zucchini noodles

💰Cheaper: rice

Zucchini noodles are lower in carbs and calories, while rice is more affordable.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories, while pecorino is often cheaper.

Chop the outer stocks of the celery and celery leaves and set them aside.

Peel the onion without cutting it and add it whole to the soup.

Add 4 cloves of garlic, saving the skins for vegetable stock.

In a large stock pot, combine the chopped celery, celery leaves, whole onion, garlic cloves, 6 cups of water, and 4 cups of chicken broth.

Place the pot on the stove and simmer, covering it for about 1 hour until the vegetables are soft.

Strain the vegetables from the broth and add them to a food processor to puree.

Add the pureed vegetables back to the broth and stir.

Boil half a box of pastina (or any small pasta) separately, then add it to the broth and stir.

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