INGREDIENTS:

• 6 cups water
• 6 teaspoons beef bouillon
• 2 cans (16-ounce) mixed vegetables or sliced carrots
• 2 tablespoons dried onion
• 1 /4 cup alphabet macaroni or elbow macaroni, broken into small pieces

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Bring water and bouillon to a boil in a large soup pot.

2. Add canned vegetables and onion; cover and bring to a boil.

3. Add macaroni and simmer 5 more minutes or until macaroni is tender

FROM FARM TO FOOD:

• Carrot fact: A handful of baby carrots counts as one serving of your daily need of vegetables.
• Wheat fact: It is estimated wheat was cultivated approximately 9,000 years ago in the Euphrates valley, near what is now Iraq.
• Onion fact: Onions are a bulb, which is a part of a plant that grows underground and stores food.

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