Clean the Garden Soup
photo by Bergy
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 6 cups vegetable broth, canned or your own
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup cucumber, peeled,seeded & chopped
- 2 2 cups lettuce or 2 cups cabbage, finely chopped
- 10 cherry tomatoes, quartered or 1 large tomatoes, coarsely chopped
- 2 anaheim chilies or 2 other bell peppers, seeded,membranes removed & chopped
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- salt & pepper
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1 teaspoon rosemary
- 2 cloves garlic, smashed (optional)
- 1 teaspoon chili flakes (optional)
directions
- Simple- put everything in a large pot, bring to a boil.
- Simmer 10 minutes and serve.
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Reviews
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Great recipe & suiting name for it! It's garden harvest time here & I'm looking for recipes to use up cucumbers, tomatoes & herbs. I changed abit; used essence spice for chili flakes & increased the cucumber (you couldn't even tell they were in there). I used green jalapeno peppers & everyone agreed it was abit too spicy (reminded me of hot & sour soup). It was good but just abit too much spicy kick for us. For the greens I used cabbage & found it abit crunchy, next time I'll try adding a few mins before other vegys. This is a great go-to soup recipe, thanks for sharing.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Bergy
Small town in the Okanagan, B.C.
On January 10 2010 I will celebrate 9 years of Life with Zaar. I can't imagine being without it! It has become part of my daily routine.
I feel very privileged to be one of the hosts on the Photo Forum. Taking photos of my culinary efforts is a full time hobby and I love it. My friends all know what to expect when they come to dinner "Are you finished taking pictures?" or "Did you get a photo of so & so?" I never let them wait too long and the food is NEVER cold! I now have over 6000 photos on Zaar - some fairly good and some definitely not so good. I am happy to say that practice does help.
My roots are in Vancouver BC Canada - a very beautiful city that holds many wonderful memories for me. In 1990, I decided that for my retirement years I may want to settle in a smaller community and found a slice of heaven in the North Okanagan B.C. I love living here but every once in a while I miss the bright city lights, the Broadway shows and some of the small wonderful ethnic restaurants that Vancouver abounds in. That is easily resolved. I just take a trip to the coast, visit with friends for a weekend see a show and feast on Dim Sum or other specialty foods.
I am getting a bit long in the tooth but was a very adventurous person. I have river rafted Hell's Gate on the Fraser river, been up in a glider over Hawaii (no not a Hang Glider!), gone hot air ballooning in the Napa Valley & the Fraser Valley, driven dune buggies on the dunes in Oregon, Para sailing in Mexico and tried many other adventurous, challenging, fun things. I have yet to try bungee jumping or sky diving. I may do them yet. I love to travel and experience other cultures. Mexco has been a favorite haunt. I have visited that lovely country many many times. Australia is another favorite as is England!
In the past 16 months I have taken off 61 pounds and feel wonderful. I am off all medications and all systems are GO! In years I may be 79 but in spirit I am still in my forties. We are only as old as we allow ourselves to feel. Always think positive. Do something a bit challenging every day & always do something silly every day. Be a kid again! Laugh every day - it is internal jogging.
Here are a few of my photos
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