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vegetable soup

Recipe by
Joey Wolf
Burlington, IA

Doc has asked me to try a plant based diet, or take his Statin drugs......I am trying the diet. This soup is GOOD! I decided to make soup today, because it cooled off, a lot and I picked a large handful of fresh green beans out of the garden this am. I had some freezer sweet corn in the frige and the last fresh tomato of the season; from there I just started chopping up other stuff I had on hand. Hubby is terrified, he's seen his last bacon cheeseburger, but he did like the soup.

yield 6 -8
prep time 15 Min
cook time 20 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For vegetable soup

  • 1 qt
    vegetable broth/stock...recipe to follow
  • 1/2 c
    leftover sweet corn
  • 1 c
    fresh green beans
  • 2
    shallots, sliced
  • 2 sm
    red potatoes, peeled, diced
  • 1 md
    fresh tomato, chopped
  • 2 md
    carrots, peeled. sliced
  • 1/4 md
    onion, diced
  • 2 stalk
    celery, sliced
  • 1/2 tsp
    mrs. dash's chicken grilling seasoning
  • 1 sm
    bay leaf
  • 1/2 c
    barley
  • 1 tsp
    apple cider vinegar

How To Make vegetable soup

  • 1
    Gather the ingredients, use what you have leftover in the frige, or finishing up in the garden.
  • 2
    Slice, dice & peel whatever needs done. Save the trimmings in a freezer bag, to make more broth or stock.
  • 3
    In a stock pot, saute the vegetables in a small amount of broth.....about 3-5 min. You want the veggies tender-crisp;but not mushy.
  • 4
    Add the rest of the broth to the veggies in the stock-pot. Add the bay leaf, the Mrs. Dash Seasoning, vinegar and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer 10 minutes.
  • 5
    Add barley, cover and simmer an additional 10 minutes.
  • 6
    Cool, and place in the refrigerator; letting the ingredients get acquainted and warm it up for supper. To keep the veggies from going to mush, heat up just what you need for a meal.
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