Skinny Vegetable Soup Recipes

WEIGHT LOSS VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• To a large Dutch oven or stockpot, add the oil, onion, celery, and sauté over medium-high heat for about 7 minutes, or until vegetables begin to soften. Stir intermittently.
• Add the garlic and sauté for another 1 to 2 minutes. Stir intermittently.
• Add the cabbage, peppers, carrots, green beans, mushrooms, and sauté for another 5 minutes, or until vegetables begin to soften. Stir intermittently.
• Add the vegetable broth, diced tomatoes, optional beans or edamame, bay leaves, cumin, oregano, thyme, rosemary, optional cayenne, salt, pepper, and bring to a boil. Allow mixture to boil gently for about 5 minutes.
• Add the broccoli, zucchini, optional lemon juice, and boil 3 to 5 minutes, or until broccoli and zucchini are crisp-tender. Remove bay leaves.
• Taste soup and add additional salt, pepper, or herbs, to taste. Amount of salt will vary based on how salty the brand of vegetable broth used is, how salty the canned tomatoes and optional beans are, and personal preference. At any time while making the soup, if the overall liquid level is lower than you like and you prefer more broth, adding a cup or two of water is okay, noting you can always adjust the salt and seasoning levels.
• Serve immediately.

VEGETABLE SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion & garlic and cook until slightly softened, about 3 minutes.
• Add cabbage, carrots, & green beans and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
• Stir in bell peppers, cauliflower, undrained tomatoes, broth, tomato paste, bay leaves, and seasonings. Simmer 8-10 minutes.
• Add in zucchini, simmer an additional 5 minutes or until softened.
• Remove bay leaves before serving.

SKINNY CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Saute onion and garlic in the hot oil until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add broth, cabbage, tomatoes, carrots, and paprika. Cook until cabbage softens, 10 to 15 minutes. Add kale, cover to trap steam, and cook until soft, 7 to 10 minutes. Pour in chickpeas and cook until heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and serve hot.

SKINNY TURKEY-VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the onions, carrots, celery and red pepper in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 2 minutes longer. Stir in the water, tomatoes, peas, bay leaf, bouillon, basil, thyme, cumin, pepper and, if desired, pepper sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. , Meanwhile, cook orzo according to package directions; drain. Stir orzo and turkey into soup; heat through. Discard bay leaf. Sprinkle with cilantro. Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth, water or milk if necessary.

SKINNY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients and cook covered slowly in a dutch oven.
• Cook for 1 - 1/2 hours.
• Season more or less to your tastes.