Farro and garbanzo soup

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This is a soup recipe that I made up that turned out to be (shockingly enough) quite yummy.

It requires approximately:

1 L vegetable stock
1 red onion
4 to 6 cloves of garlic
olive oil
2 to 3 carrots
1 can of garbanzo beans
Around one handful of farro (wheat berries)
Around 200 ml of tomato sauce
Oregano
Parsley

As with most things, I added the oil to a stock pot to almost cover the bottom, then added the FINELY chopped garlic, onion, and carrots. I sauteed until the onion was clear then added the stock and the tomato sauce.

When everything had boiled a few minutes, I added the drained and washed garbanzo beans and the farro.

I let whole thing boil around 5 minutes, stirring often, then lowered the heat and added the herbs to taste.

I then let it all simmer for 25 minutes, and served with a light sprinkling of grated parmesan cheese.

Mmmm....