{"id":18,"date":"2010-03-22T06:02:46","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T06:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52sundaydinners.com\/recipes\/?p=18"},"modified":"2011-09-19T04:28:30","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T04:28:30","slug":"simple-italian-soup-like-nana-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/52sundaydinners.com\/recipes\/simple-italian-soup-like-nana-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Italian (Sicilian) Soup Like Nana Made"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Both of my mother’s parents came to America from a small town in Sicily when they were teenagers.\u00a0 They came from the town of San Ambrogio.\u00a0 It is near Cefelu and not far from Palermo. \u00a0 My grandmother was a great cook and she coupled her gift with a constant desire to feed the masses.<\/p>\n

I grew up in the 50s and 60s living in small town America.\u00a0 The town was Greenville, Mississippi.\u00a0 My parents and my mother’s parents lived on the same street, kind of like Ray Barone of Everybody Loves Raymond<\/strong><\/em>, only we lived down the street from my grandparents, not across the street, and my grandmother was not a witch.<\/p>\n

I can’t remember a time when my grandmother did not have something<\/span> on the stovetop cooking for the next meal.\u00a0 Often it was home made spaghetti sauce with ingredients from her garden, but she also cooked an incredible Sicilian Soup.\u00a0 It was not<\/span> flavored like Italian Minestrone, but was a mild vegetable and beef or chicken based stock.\u00a0 The smell of Parmesan cheese was irresistible and she used a variety pasta noodles, depending what she had on hand.<\/p>\n

She did not learn to drive until my grandfather became ill late in life, so she often incorporated ingredients she had on hand and incorporated fresh vegetables and herbs from her garden.\u00a0 You can do the same thing.\u00a0 This meal can be prepared for pennies a serving and will be well appreciated by your family.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>My grandmother’s desire to always be cooking was intentional.\u00a0 There were always people dropping by their home, sometimes for a couple of hours and sometimes for days or even weeks.\u00a0 Priests and Nuns from St. Joseph’s Catholic Church often joined my grandparents for dinner.\u00a0 My grandparents always made their guests feel welcome and dishes like this Sicilian Soup would always cause them to leave full.<\/p>\n

You can top this meal off with a simple slice of Garlic Bread and possibly a Salad and you are done.\u00a0 Bon App\u00e9tit!<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/h2>\n