Pasta with Garbanzo Beans
Cooking time: one day + 20 minutes
1 cup dried organic garbanzo beans, soaked overnight in 8 cups of water with 1 tsp baking soda. ( 8 hr soak is enough at room temp. Also could go 14+ hrs. by placing bowl in refrigerator)
1 pound whole wheat fusilli pasta
1/2 cup olive [...]
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
3/4 cup chopped celery
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 bay leaf
3 1/4 cups (or more) canned low-salt chicken broth or vegetable broth
1 15-ounce can garbanzo beans (chickpeas), rinsed, drained
3 tablespoons tomato paste
1/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
1/2 cup uncooked small elbow macaroni
3 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley
4 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan [...]