Garden Vegetable Soup

Submitted by Kannwilson

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2⁄3 cup sliced carrot
• 1⁄2 cup diced onion
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 cups fat free broth (beef, chicken or vegetable)
• 1 1⁄2 cups diced green cabbage
• 1⁄2 cup green beans
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1⁄4 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup diced zucchini

directions

1. Spray a large saucepan with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Saute the carrot, onion and garlic over low heat until softened, about 5 minutes.
3. Add broth, cabbage, green beans, tomato paste and simmer, covered about 15 minutes or until beans are tender.
4. Stir in zucchini and heat 3-4 minutes.
5. Serve hot.

Reviews

[Fido]

With our miserable bone-chilling weather, I had a taste for a good hearty quick soup. However, when I went to the local grocery store (why are they all called ?supermarkets?? how come there are no averagemarkets, goodmarkets, or alsoranmarkets?} to purchase the vegetables, the only green beans they had looked every bit as bad as TV chef Jamie Oliver?s hair. So I was forced to nix the beans, but I got lucky and spotted a couple of very decent ears of corn, so I cut the corn off the cobs and used that instead. I was out of homemade beef broth and I would only use store-bought beef broth to feed starving Armenians, so I made a quick broth using English Bovril which has an extremely intense beef flavour ? that, combined with the tomato flavour, was absolutely heavenly. I also lucked out and found very fresh herbs in the store, so I used them instead of dried. As to the garlic cloves, I referred to Recipezaar member MeanChef?s famous garlic formula: ?If a recipe calls for one garlic clove, use three?. The end result of all this was a most superior quick and easy soup that warmed the cockles of the hearts of all those who consumed it.

 

[Rugman7]

This is an excellent recipe not only for people watching their calories and fat, but for anyone that loves a good vegetable soup. I have tried it with both chicken and beef broth and they are equally as good. For a little extra I have added pieces of chicken, mushrooms and celery. Five stars in my book.

 

[Marie]

This is an excellent recipe with an added bonus of being good for the diet conscious! I loved it! I am partial to chicken soup, so I used the chicken broth. Thanks for posting!

 

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

This is a very nice soup we love having when it gets cold. Truly good!!

 

[Blest Chef]

Delicious recipe. I used this soup to break a 30 day fast. Vegetables never tasted so good. I omitted the tomatoe paste and added a can of diced tomatoes instead. I also added a hot pepper to the soup. My guest couldn't stop eating it. I'm adding chicken today. Thanks a bunch.