Fresh Vegetable Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in large, heavy-bottomed stockpot over medium-low heat. Once hot, add the leeks, garlic, and a pinch of salt and sweat until they begin to soften, approximately 7 to 8 minutes. Add the carrots, potatoes, and green beans and continue to cook for 4 to 5 more minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the stock, increase the heat to high, and bring to a simmer. Once simmering, add the tomatoes, corn kernels, and pepper. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook until the vegetables are fork tender, approximately 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from heat and add the parsley and lemon juice. Season, to taste, with kosher salt. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Combine the baby carrots, potatoes, onion, celery, beans, cabbage, tomatoes, green beans, chicken broth, vegetable stock, water, basil, sage, thyme, and salt in a large pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cover. Simmer until vegetables are tender, about 90 minutes.

Steps:

• In large saucepan that has be sprayed with pam, saute the carrot, onion, garlic and celery about 5 minutes.
• Add broth.
• Add cabbage, beans tomato paste, tomato, basil, oregano and salt.
• Bring to a boil.
• Lower heat and simmer 20 minutes, or until beans are tender.
• Stir in zucchini and heat for 5 minutes more.
• Serve hot.

Steps:

• Crumble beef, if desired, into a 5-6 quart pot over medium heat; add bacon, if desired.
• If not using meat, melt butter in the pot.
• Add onion, garlic and prepared vegetables and cook, stirring, until meat is browned and onion is soft; drain any excess fat.
• Add broth, kidney beans, basil, oregano and rosemary; bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat, simmer for about 30 minutes.
• Add tomato sauce, tomatoes, and macaroni; continue cooking, covered, until macaroni is tender.
• At this point you can cool the soup, cover it and refrigerate it to reheat and continue the recipe.
• Add cabbage and cook, covered, just until cabbage wilts, about 5 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper; serve and pass cheese to sprinkle over individual servings.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Add remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 40 minutes or until vegetables are tender.