rainy day soup

it's rainy & 55 degrees outside on this chilly january day. perfect soup weather. and since i couldn't bare to drag the kids to the store in the rain, i'm thankful soup loves odds & ends and is very forgiving. chop up whatever you have on hand.  here's what i've got going on the stove right now... thanks for enduring my iphone pics, prettier in person :)

ingredients:

• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup chopped carrots
• 4 oz pancetta
• ~1 pint of mixed yellow & red grape tomatoes 
• 1 can garbanzo beans
• 2 32oz chicken 'stock'n a box', i love pacific's organic free range broth found at costco
• 2 cups dried bow tie pasta
• 1/2 stick of butter
• 2+ cups arugula & spinach
• 3/4 chopped parsley
• evoo
• salt & pepper

preparation:

saute' diced pancetta in ~1T olive oil until it begins to color. add the onion, celery & carrots and a generous couple of T of extra virgin olive oil + ~2tsp salt & pepper and sautee until softened & glistening.  add tomatoes and continue to cook veg until softened.  add chicken stock and bring to a boil.  add bow tie pasta and garbanzo beans and simmer until pasta is al dente. season with s&p. add 1/2 stick of butter.  {* i know that may sound like a lot, but this soup doesn't have much fat and the butter will richen it up a bit.}  wilt in spinach & arugula and fresh parsley. serve with fresh parm.