It’s getting cold and salads don’t appeal to me right now. Soup! That’s what I need. But, most canned soups are full of additives, sugar and wheat. Making homemade soup is great – but, often the recipes take hours.
Quick and Easy Vegetable Soup
I want something that is fast, healthy, tastes great AND warms me up.
Enter this Vegetable Soup. Like it says – it is quick and easy. A full bowl has about 80 KCalories and it fills you up. I like to drizzle mine with 1/2 Tbsp. of extra virgin olive oil for a dose of good fats!
You will find this recipe on so many blog sites – so, let’s have one here as well. You can enjoy this anytime – but, it is especially great during the holidays to take the ‘hunger edge’ off!
Here is the recipe!!!
Quick and Easy Vegetable Soup
Makes 8 servings
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1 cup diced carrots
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 cups chopped cabbage approx. 1/4 head of cabbage (if you don’t like cabbage – use kale or spinach)
- 1 cup green beans cut into 1″ pieces
- 2 whole bell peppers chopped
- 1 28 oz. can fire roasted, diced tomatoes
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon each thyme & basil
- Pepper, to taste
- Hot sauce, to taste
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 2 cups sliced zucchini
Instructions
Such healthy ingredients!!!
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Heat oil in a large pot and cook onion over medium heat until slightly softened (about 5 minutes).
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Add garlic, carrots, cabbage & green beans and cook an additional 5 minutes.
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Stir in bell peppers, undrained tomatoes, broth, tomato paste, bay leaves and seasonings. Simmer around 10 minutes minutes.
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Add in zucchini & broccoli. Simmer an additional 10 minutes or until softened.
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Remove bay leaves before serving.
Enjoy!
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