Tips and Substitutions: Chicken broth may replace the vegetable broth. Cannellini or great northern beans may replace the navy beans, and goat cheese may replace the feta cheese.
1 small fennel bulb, untrimmed
1 tsp. olive oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups organic low-sodium vegetable broth
2 ounces whole wheat medium-sized pasta, such as wagon wheels or rotini (½ cup)
1 ½ cups reduced sodium spicy vegetable juice
1 14.5 oz can organic fire-roasted diced or crushed tomatoes, undrained
1 15 or 16 oz can organic no-salt-added navy beans, drained
½ cup frozen organic peas
¼ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
½ cup crumbled feta cheese (optional)
For more great recipes from John La Puma’s book Chef MD’s Big Book of Culinary Medicine [2], visit the ChefMD website [3].
Links
[1] https://oldwayspt.org/grain/wheat
[2] http://chefmd.com/book.php
[3] http://chefmd.com/recipes.php