Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, vegetable soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Vegetable Soup is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Vegetable Soup is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have vegetable soup using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Vegetable Soup:
- Make ready Option: I normally start out with 1 large can or bottle of V8 juice… fill the can or bottle with water and mix in 5-7 quart pot
- Prepare This time I did not have any V8 juice. I used one 24 ounce of crushed tomatoes, filling the can four times with water. Added to pot
- Take While the liquids are cooking on low heat. Prep:
- Take 5-6 Medium potatoes, peeled and cut into large bite size pieces
- Make ready 5/6 large carrots cleaned and cut into large bite size pieces
- Prepare 1-2 large bell peppers cleans a cut into large bite size
- Get 2-3 large sweet onions roughly chopped
- Prepare I save celery tops with leaves, I tossed in three for flavor
- Take 3-5 fresh Cloves minced garlic
- Prepare 8 Roma tomatoes peeled and quartered, 1 pint of yellow and red grape tomatoes
- Take White cabbage roughly chopped
- Make ready I add enough Raw sugar to cut the tartness. (I do not like tart)
- Take I add 2-16 ounce bags of Small cut frozen vegetables to make up for peas, adding more carrots, green beans etc.. I like lots of vegetables
- Make ready Seasonings I use my favorites. Feel free to use what you like
- Get I do not measure : dash of celery seed, cumin, paprika, Salt, onion powder, Roasted Garlic powder, dash of cinnamon (this cuts acidity)
- Get Dash Nutmeg, I like lots of fresh ground pepper and kosher salt to taste
- Prepare Dried : Pinch of : basil, oregano, 2-3 bay leaves, Italian,
Instructions to make Vegetable Soup:
- Sometime I cook in slow cooker all day. This time I cooked on top of the stove, on low all day.
- Taste carefully, adjust to your taste
- Allow to cook at least 4-6 hours on low or until carrots and potatoes are tender.
- The great things about recipes, you can add what you like, take away what you do not like. Adjust to your liking and enjoy
- Sometimes I can my soups. Yummy 😋
Use Food to Elevate Your Mood
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Now you can see that junk food isn’t necessarily what you have to eat when you want to help your moods get better. Try several of these instead!
