My father is a hard man to buy gifts for. When his fall birthday rolled around, that meant the usual golf balls, silly t shirts, books he never read, etc. About four years ago, however, inspiration struck - he loves to make soup, but needs a good recipe and lots of guidance to do so successfully. So I pulled together a box of ingredients that could survive a trip cross country via USPS and typed up this recipe. He enjoyed it so much, it's become an tradition. Every November, for his birthday, I assemble all the dry/non perishable ingredients, create a recipe for him and send it along! <br />This recipe has endless possibilities for variation - different greens or omit the greens, squash instead of pumpkin, beans or no beans. It adapts well to whatever you've got on hand - last year, I even added sweet Italian sausage to the mix.

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