Soup Glorious Soup

Today I threw together a soup in a few minutes that was healthy and a hit with my 4 and 2 year old. Thanks to Jessica Seinfeld, I have been cooking up veggies, pureeing them and storing them in my freezer to add to anything I can think of; for example, pancake batter, sweet breads, pasta sauce... Well, today I happened to have 3/4 cup of pureed zucchini. I added a few cups of vegetable broth, one whole tomato from a can chopped up small, olive oil, garlic and whole wheat elbow noodles. For some reason, my children love the idea of eating soup. Maybe its the slurping factor, but whatever the reason I am thrilled. Dee, the receptionist at my work, and an amazing person I might add, told me that her grandchildren love tortellini soup, which is just chicken broth with tortellinis. I may try that next and see what else I can slip in there.