Vegetable Soup For One Or Two Recipes

EASY HOMEMADE VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a stockpot pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onions, carrots, celery, and tomato paste. Cook, stirring often until the vegetables have softened and the onions are translucent; 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add the garlic, fennel, black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and the red pepper flakes. Cook, while stirring, for one minute.
• Pour in the canned tomatoes and their juices as well as the stock/broth.
• Add the potatoes, cabbage, and bay leaves. Raise the heat to medium-high and bring the soup to a boil. Partially cover the pot with a lid, and then reduce the heat to maintain a low simmer.
• Simmer for 20 minutes or until the potatoes, and other vegetables are tender. Add the frozen peas and cook for five more minutes.
• Remove the pot from the heat and remove the bay leaves. Stir in the cider vinegar (or lemon juice). Taste and season with more salt, pepper or vinegar. Serve.

VEGETABLE SOUP FOR ONE

Steps:

• Chop onion and crush garlic. Saute in oil in saucepan for 2-3 minutes.
• Add the water, bay leaf and seasoning. Bring to boil, lower heat, cover pan and simmer for about 10 minutes.
• In the meantime, chop veggies finely. Add to saucepan and raise heat until it's fully boiling again. Then lower heat, cover pan and simmer for 10 more minutes. Serve with bread.

VEGETABLE SOUP FOR ONE (OR TWO!)

Steps:

• 1) Wash and lightly dry veggies. Chop the following: carrot into 1/4" slices, potato into 1/2" diced cubes, celery into 1" long strips, and parsley into a fine mince. Chop up any optional items now also.
• 2) Lightly saute the carrots, celery, potato, and any optional ingredients in butter. This is to bring out the flavors. Cook on medium heat for approx. 5 minutes or until potatoes start to brown.
• 3) Add the stock, water and all the other ingredients except the parsley into a saucepan (pot). Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer (just below boiling) for approx. 10-15 min or until potatoes and carrots are fork tender. Stir every 5 min. Add more stock if necessary to just cover the top of the veggies. Remove from heat, add half the parsley and use the other half to garnish. Plate and serve! Bon appetit!

SOUP FOR TWO

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion and carrot in butter for 4 minutes or until crisp-tender. Stir in the broth, chicken, cauliflower, beans and macaroni. Bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until macaroni and vegetables are tender. Add spinach and pepper; cook and stir until spinach is wilted. Garnish with croutons if desired.

EVERYDAY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium heat. Add onions or leeks, celery, and Italian seasoning; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently, until onions are translucent, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Add broth, tomatoes and their juice, tomato paste, and 3 cups water to pot; bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer, and cook, uncovered, 20 minutes.
• Add vegetables to pot, and return to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, until vegetables are tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, as desired. Let cool before storing.

QUICK AND EASY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stock pot, combine broth, tomato juice, water, potatoes, carrots, celery, undrained chopped tomatoes, green beans, and corn. Season with salt, pepper and Creole seasoning. Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes or until all vegetables are tender.

EASY VEGETABLE SOUP I

Steps:

• In a pot, mix together the tomato-vegetable juice, diced tomatoes, mixed vegetables, kidney beans and potatoes. Simmer over medium low heat for at least 30 minutes.