african vegetable soup

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 medium onion, diced med. size
• 1 to 2 - stalks celery, diced
• 1 medium sweet potato, cubed 1/2 in size
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 4 cups water
• 1 - 28 oz. can stewed tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
• - pepper, fresh ground to taste
• 1 teaspoon turmeric, ground
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon red pepper
• 1 - bay leaf
• 1 small zucchini, sliced 1/4 in.
• 1 - 15 oz. can garbanzos beans, rinsed and drained
• 2 ounces uncooked macaroni, elbow or ditalini