Fresh Vegetable Soup 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.

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.

FARMER MARKET FRESH VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• If using ramps cut stems into 1/2-inch segments and shred leaves.
• broth:
• Heat the sesame oil [do not use dark] in a pot then add all remaining ingredients.
• Cook, covered, over medium heat for 5 minutes.
• Add the water and cook uncovered for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the stock has developed good flavor.
• Strain the vegetables out, and season broth to taste with salt.
• The broth can be made up to a few days in advance or used for other recipes calling for vegetable broth or in place of chicken, beef or fish broth in other recipes.
• The vegetables:
• Bring water and salt to a boil in a large pot. Add the diced carrots and cook for 2 minutes, or until tender. Remove with a slotted spoon and place in an ice-water bath to stop the cooking process. As soon as the carrots are cool, take them out of the water and set them aside.
• Repeat this process with the sugar snap peas, baby turnips, ramps and fava beans.
• Once the fava beans are cooled, peel off their skins. Do NOT precook the sorrel.
• Assemble:
• Stir the vegetables, quinoa and sorrel into the hot broth and heat for 1 minute.
• Taste and adjust seasonings.
• Ladle into bowls, garnish with the sesame seeds and serve. Serves 4-6.

GARDEN FRESH VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In large saucepan that has be sprayed with pam, saute the carrot, onion, garlic and celery about 5 minutes.
• Add broth.
• Add cabbage, beans tomato paste, tomato, basil, oregano and salt.
• Bring to a boil.
• Lower heat and simmer 20 minutes, or until beans are tender.
• Stir in zucchini and heat for 5 minutes more.
• Serve hot.

TOMATO VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Add remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 40 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

FRESH VEGETABLE BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Sometimes I add a hot pepper sauce for some bite.
• In a 5-qt pan over med heat, melt butter.
• Add onion, celery and carrot.
• Cook, stir occasionally, until veggies are soft but not brown (10 min).
• Add potato, tomatoes, stock, basil to pan.
• Bring to boil, then cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add cauliflower and zucchini and simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Add peas and simmer for about 5 minutes or until all veggies are tender.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve with cheese.

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.