Soy Minestrone

Ingredients

• extra virgin olive oil
  1 Tbsp
• onion

  chopped (1½ cups)
  1 medium
• carrot

  chopped (½ cup)
  1 medium
• vegetable broth
  4 cups
• red new potatoes

  cut into 1-inch chunks (1 cup)
  ¼ lb
• canned plum tomatoes

  with juice
  1 cup
• frozen soybeans (edamame)
  1 cup
• zucchini

  chopped (1 cup)
  1 small
• cut green beans (1-inch pieces)
  ½ cup
• leaves Swiss chard

  green part only, cut crosswise into ½-inch-wide strips (2 cups)
  3 large
• crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
  ⅛ tsp
• dry ditalini pasta or any small pasta shape
  ½ cup
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  1 unit