The Original Cabbage Soup Diet

I got this out of the National Enquirer in 1995-1996 when the soup diet originally came out. I don't remember the rules of the diet other than you could eat as much of this as you wanted.

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 20

Ingredients

• 1  head cabbage, chopped
• 6  onions, sliced or chopped
• 2  green bell peppers, chopped
• 1  bunch celery, chopped
• 1  bunch shallots or 1  bunch green onion, sliced
• 2  chicken bouillon cubes
• 1 (1 1/4ounce) envelope  onion soup
• 1⁄2 cup  balsamic vinegar (optional)
• 48  ounces  V8 vegetable juice
• 2 (28 ounce) cans chopped tomatoes
• 1  lemon, juice of
•  pepper
• 6  garlic cloves, crushed

Directions

1. Place all in large stock pot and bring to a boil.
2. Simmer for 1 hour.
3. Refrigerate all leftovers.