Grandmom's Ball soup

Well here you go.  One of my family's favorite recipe's.  It goes back 2 generations.  My husband's grandmother's recipe.

This is a great recipe to get the kiddo's to eat their vegetables, and they won't even know it!

Grandmom's Ball soup

1 bag carrots

1 bag celery w/leaves

1 onion

1 can tomato paste

1 box Anci de Pepe pasta

                                                                       1 sm chicken

Fill 12qt pot (dutch oven) with water about 3/4 full

salt

add carrots

add celery w/leaves

add onion

add 1 sm can tomato paste

bring to boil, then add chicken

I usually simmer for about 4 hours.

remove chicken to plate to cool

remove vegetables to blender and puree

add puree back to broth and bring to boil

add Anci de pepe (pasta) cook according to directions.

take chicken apart and cut up to add to soup.

When soup is done, add some Parmesan cheese or a little mozzarella cheese

Enjoy