Mattie's Skinny Soup

Healthy and Delicious to help keep your appetite and weight on track The Dr. Oz Show guests Nicole, Adele, and Matty represent 3 generations of weight-loss success. Through support and hard work, they learned to eat to live instead of living to eat. Proud Grandma Matty shares her “magical” soup recipe, which helped her shave a decade off her Real Age. Seen on Dr Oz April 23, 2010

• Ready In: 3 hrs 30 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• Tomatoes

• 35  ounces Italian plum tomatoes
• 17 1⁄2 cups water
• 4  bouillon cubes
• 2  onions (Large)
• 1  green pepper (large)
• 1  red pepper (Large)
• 2  lbs fresh carrots (1 Bag)
• 1  lb celery (1 Bunch)
• 1  green cabbage (Medium size)
• 2  teaspoons sea salt
• 1  teaspoon pepper
• 3  cups cooked brown rice

Directions

1. **17.5 Cups of water equal roughly 4 cans of water*Blend tomatoes with 4 cans of water. Add 4 bouillon cubes.
2. Shred or chop all vegetables, except cabbage.
3. Add to broth.
4. Cook 2 hours, then add shredded cabbage and slowly cook for 1 more hour, . Add salt and pepper to taste.
5. *To make soup more of a "meal" you may add cooked brown rice the last 10 minutes of cooking or add to each bowl of soup.