Garden State Vegetable Soup Recipes

GARDEN VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in large, heavy-bottomed stockpot over medium-low heat. Once hot, add the leeks, garlic, and a pinch of salt and sweat until they begin to soften, approximately 7 to 8 minutes. Add the carrots, potatoes, and green beans and continue to cook for 4 to 5 more minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the stock, increase the heat to high, and bring to a simmer. Once simmering, add the tomatoes, corn kernels, and pepper. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook until the vegetables are fork tender, approximately 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from heat and add the parsley and lemon juice. Season, to taste, with kosher salt. Serve immediately.

OLD-FASHIONED VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, melt butter. Cook onion, carrots and celery until onion is translucent. Stir in tomatoes with their juice, salt, pepper, parsley, soy sauce, Worcestershire and paprika. Pour in beef broth. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes, until vegetables are tender and flavors are well blended.

GARDEN VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in large, heavy-bottomed stockpot over medium-low heat. Once hot, add the leeks, garlic, and a pinch of salt and sweat until they begin to soften, approximately 7 to 8 minutes. Add the carrots, potatoes, and green beans and continue to cook for 4 to 5 more minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the stock, increase the heat to high, and bring to a simmer. Once simmering, add the tomatoes, corn kernels, and pepper. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook until the vegetables are fork tender, approximately 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from heat and add the parsley and lemon juice. Season, to taste, with kosher salt. Serve immediately.

GARDEN STATE VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the chicken stock to a simmer. In a four-quart soup pot, heat the olive oil. Add the onion; saute until tender. Add the diced carrot, turnip, parsnip and rutabaga, and stir. Add the garlic, shallots and dried herbs, and stir again. Cover and cook the vegetables over medium heat for three to four minutes, until just tender, stirring occasionally. Add the hot chicken stock, the fresh herbs if desired, and the celery, tomato, leeks, zucchini, yellow squash, corn and mushrooms. Cook over medium for three to five minutes, until the squash is tender. Add the spinach, and season to taste with the salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco. Serve hot.

GARDEN VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large Dutch oven; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat.
• Cover and simmer for 2 1/2 hours or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Remove the bay leaf before serving.

GARDEN VEGETABLE & HERB SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions and carrots; cook and stir until onions are tender, 4-6 minutes. Add potatoes and cook 2 minutes. Stir in water, tomatoes, broth and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until potatoes and carrots are tender, 8-10 minutes. , Add yellow squash and zucchini; cook until vegetables are tender, 8-10 minutes longer. Serve or, if desired, puree mixture in batches, adding additional broth until desired consistency is achieved.

GARDEN FRESH VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Crumble beef, if desired, into a 5-6 quart pot over medium heat; add bacon, if desired.
• If not using meat, melt butter in the pot.
• Add onion, garlic and prepared vegetables and cook, stirring, until meat is browned and onion is soft; drain any excess fat.
• Add broth, kidney beans, basil, oregano and rosemary; bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat, simmer for about 30 minutes.
• Add tomato sauce, tomatoes, and macaroni; continue cooking, covered, until macaroni is tender.
• At this point you can cool the soup, cover it and refrigerate it to reheat and continue the recipe.
• Add cabbage and cook, covered, just until cabbage wilts, about 5 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper; serve and pass cheese to sprinkle over individual servings.