Ingredients

  • 1 cup dried white navy beans (Great Northern)
  • 2 cans condensed chicken broth (10 3/4-oz. size)
  • 1 small head cabbage (1 1/2 lb.)
  • 4 carrots (1/2 lb.)
  • 2 medium potatoes (3/4 lb.)
  • 1 can (1-lb.) Italian style tomatoes
  • Salt
  • 2 medium onions (1/2 lb.)
  • 1/4 cup olive or salad oil
  • 1 stalk celery
  • 2 zucchini, (1 1/2 pounds)
  • 1 large fresh tomato
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1/4 tsp. pepper
  • 1/4 cup chopped parsley
  • 1 cup broken-up, thin spaghetti

Method

  • Day before in bowl cover beans with cold water.
  • Refrigerate, covered, overnight.
  • Next day drain.
  • Turn chicken broth into a 1 qt. measure.
  • Add water to make one quart.
  • Pour into 8-qt. kettle with 2 more quarts of water, 2 tsp. salt and the beans.
  • Bring to boiling, reduce heat, simmer, covered for 1 hour.
  • Meanwhile, wash cabbage and quarter and remove core with sharp knife.
  • Slice each quarter thinly.
  • Pare carrots, slice on diagonal, 1/4 inch thick. Pare potatoes, slice 1/2 inch thick, cut into 1/2 inch cubes.
  • Add to soup with canned tomatoes.
  • Cover, cook 1/2 hour longer. Meanwhile, peel onions, cut in half, slice thinly.
  • In 1/4 cup hot oil in medium skillet saute onions, stirring about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
  • Slice celery on diagonal, 1/8 inch thick.
  • Wash zucchini, slice into rounds, 1/4 inch thick.
  • Hold tomatoes on fork over heat, just to split skin, then peel with knife.
  • Slice 1/2 thick cut into 1/2 inch cubes.
  • Press 1 clove garlic.
  • Add vegetables to onion with 1/2 tsp. salt and the pepper.
  • Cook slowly, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes.
  • Add to bean mixture with 1/4 cup parsley and spaghetti.
  • Cover and cook slowly for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.