Vegetable & Pasta Soup Name: Don Kotz Base: Lackland AFB Recipe: Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 4 cup Vegetable broth 1 cup Dry vermouth 1 ea White onion -- chopped 1 ea Fennel bulb -- trimmed, chopped 3 ea Garlic cloves -- chopped 14 1/2 oz Stewed tomatoes -- (canned, Italian-style) 8 oz Penne or other tubular pasta 1 ea Zuchinni -- diced 1 ea Yellow crookneck squash -- diced 15 oz Canned cannellini beans -- rinsed, drained 4 ea Green onions -- chopped Bring broth and vermouth to boil in heavy large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, fennel and garlic. Cover and cook until just tender, about 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, pasta, zucchini and squash; cook until pasta is almost tender, about 15 minutes. Add beans and green onions. Cook until pasta and vegetables are tender and soup is thick,about 10 minutes.