Chickpea Soup

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A delicious Italian chickpea soup.

Ingredients

1 cup dried chick peas (garbanzo beans) soaked overnight in 5 cups of water (rinse before cooking)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 or 2 cloves of garlic chopped
2 carrots chopped
1 celery stalk chopped
½ – 1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon basil
1 teaspoon oregano
dash of thyme
hot pepper flakes to taste
½ cup tomato puree
4½ cups of water
1 cup of dried small pasta (i used ditalini, my mother in law breaks up spaghetti into pieces, whatever you prefer)

Instructions

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