Simple Spring Vegetable Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat, and cook the onion and garlic until tender. Mix in potato, broccoli, corn, spinach, mushrooms, carrots, and cabbage. Pour in chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Simmer 20 minutes, until potato is tender.
• Stir egg noodles and white beans into the pot, and continue cooking 7 minutes, or until noodles are tender and beans are heated through.

Steps:

• Using a big, deep pot, saute a handful of the chopped leeks and torn prosciutto slices in olive oil. After a few minutes, pour in the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Mix in the the rest of the ingredients. Simmer soup for a few minutes, then sprinkle with salt and pepper, drizzle with olive oil and top with the chopped mint leaves. Serve with crusty bread and a hunk of English cheddar.

Steps:

• In a large pot, melt butter over medium heat. Add scallion whites and cook until softened, about 4 minutes. Add broth, 4 cups water, and potatoes to pot. Bring to a boil, and cook until potatoes are tender, about 12 minutes. Add asparagus and cook 3 minutes more. Stir in spinach and peas, and cook until spinach is wilted and peas are heated though, about a minute more. Season with salt and pepper, and stir in dill and scallion greens to serve.

Steps:

• Heat oil in large pan; cook onion and garlic, stirring, until onion is soft. Add leek, carrot and celery; cook, stirring, until vegetables are soft. Add mushrooms; cook, stirring, 1 minute.
• Stir in stock; simmer, uncovered, 15 minutes.
• Add pasta; simmer, uncovered until just tender. Stir in parsley.

Steps:

• In a medium pot, heat 2 teaspoons oil over medium-high. Add leeks and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently, until leeks are soft and lightly browned, about 6 minutes. Add broth and potatoes and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until potatoes are barely tender, about 10 minutes. Add green beans and cook until crisp-tender, about 6 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a food processor, combine parsley leaves and 1 tablespoon oil and process until finely chopped. Remove soup from heat and stir in parsley puree.

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the leeks and onion, and cook until tender.
• Pour water into the pot. Mix in potatoes, carrots, asparagus, and rice. Season with salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes, until vegetables and rice are tender.
• Stir spinach and heavy cream into the soup mixture, and continue cooking about 5 minutes before serving.