Easy Vegetable Soup

This easy and delectable Vegetable Soup is a wholesome nutritional meal that you can pull together in about forty minutes with many ingredients that you may already have on hand.  This tasty soup is the perfect pick me up for the winter blahs and for those with the sniffles.

I love to serve it with grilled cheese sandwiches, Garlic Knots or Cornbread.  For a super hearty meal serve with Grilled Meatloaf Sandwiches.

How do you make Vegetable Soup

First get all your vegetables prepped with a little peeling, slicing and dicing.  Then heat the vegetable oil over medium heat in a Dutch Oven or heavy stockpot.  Now add the onion, celery and cabbage and cook until the onion and celery are soft and the cabbage has started to wilt.  Then reduce the heat and add the garlic, dried thyme, dried rosemary, dried marjoram, and fresh ground black pepper.  Cook for 1 minute stirring constantly.

Then add the vegetable stock, carrots, fire roasted tomatoes, potatoes, and green beans and bring to a simmer.  Simmer for 20 minutes and then add the peas cooking for another 5-10 minutes or until all the vegetables are tender.  If desired sprinkle with dried or fresh parsley.

Recipe notes and tips for Vegetable Soup

• Cut veggies in small bite size pieces so more variety ends up in every spoonful.
• For aesthetic purposes peel the carrots.  They will have that beautiful bright orange color.
• Feel free to use vegetable or chicken broth (if you are not a vegetarian).  I like to use a mixture of both because I usually have it on hand.
• Yukon gold potatoes are my go to soup potatoes because they are waxy and they hold together better when simmered for extended periods of time.  You can substitute red potatoes or even in a pinch I have used Russet Potatoes.
• You can easily add any small pasta to this recipe as well as cut up cooked chicken, turkey, or ham however you may need to increase the broth to 8 cups and the size of your Dutch Oven or stockpot.
• Add 2 bay leaves if you are omitting the cabbage.  They add fabulous flavor but the bay leaves are difficult to find and remove with cabbage.

Other vegetables you can add to Vegetable Soup

• Fresh or Frozen Corn – added at the same time as the peas.
• Sweet Potatoes – added at the same time as the potatoes
• Bell Peppers – added at the same time as the onions.
• Zucchini or Yellow Squash – added at the same time as the onions.
• Fresh or Frozen Lima Beans – added at the same time as the peas.
• Leeks – added at the same time as the onions.

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