Hearty Vegetable Soup Low Fat Recipes

FAT-FREE VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large cooking pot, measure water, add onions, carrots, potatoes, green peppers, mashed tomatoes, chicken bouillon powder, black pepper, and curry powder. Boil for 20 minutes or until carrots are tender.
• Add shredded cabbage, chopped celery, cauliflower florets, and dill weed, and cook an additional 10 to 15 minutes. If soup is too thick, add more water and bring to boil. Adjust seasonings to taste.

HEARTY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a stockpot, heat oil over medium-high heat; saute carrots, onions, celery and green pepper until crisp-tender. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute. Stir in remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender, 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Remove bay leaf.

LOW-FAT VEGGIE SOUP

Steps:

• Spray a large soup pot with cooking spray, and place over medium heat. Cook the onions, green pepper, garlic, and celery until the onions are translucent, stirring often, about 5 minutes; mix in the Italian seasoning, chili powder, dried parsley, garlic powder, salt and black pepper. Stir in the carrots, potatoes, green beans, and corn, mixing the vegetables with the seasonings, and add chicken broth and water.
• Bring the soup to a boil, and add tomato puree and Parmesan cheese; return to a boil, lower heat to a simmer, and cook until the green peppers, onions, and celery are tender, about 15 more minutes.

LOW-FAT VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine zucchini, carrots, mushrooms, onion and potato in heavy large Dutch oven.
• Add vegetable broth, crushed tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, 3 tablespoons parsley, cilantro, garlic, basil and oregano.
• Bring mixture to boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes.
• Strain cooking liquid into large saucepan; reserve vegetables.
• Place 3 cups vegetables in blender.
• Add 1/4 cup cooking liquid.
• Puree until smooth.
• Stir puree into remaining cooking liquid in saucepan.
• Return remaining vegetables to cooking liquid.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• (Can be prepared 5 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) Bring soup to simmer.
• Ladle into bowls.
• Sprinkle with additional parsley.
• Serves 8.

HEARTY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot over high heat, combine the celery, onion, carrots, tomatoes, tomato-vegetable juice, water, leek, potato, peas, corn, beans, rice, soy sauce, thyme, ground black pepper, garlic powder and dill weed.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.

VERY LOW CALORIE VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Cut all vegetables as directed and add to stock pot. Add onion soup mix and add enough water to cover all vegetables. If you have a smaller pot, you will have to half or quarter the recipe to fit your pot. As long as you have enough water to cover your vegetables, you will be fine. Bring to a boil and then add your uncooked brown rice. Add more water as needed during the cooking process.
• This is best made the day before and allowed to "stew." The flavors will be more intense and less salt and seasoning will be needed. The servings listed is for the full amount of vegetables in a large stock or lobster pot.