warming winter vegetable soup

Ingredients

• 1 medium size head of cabbage, quarted and cored
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 4 - carrots, thinly sliced
• 2 - celery sticks, thinly sliced
• 2 - parsnips, diced
• 2 1/2 pints chicken stock
• 3 medium potatoes, diced
• 2 small zucchini, sliced
• 1 small red pepper, seeded and diced
• 1 small cauliflower, stems trimmed and seperated into florets
• 1 can stewed tomatoes, seeded & diced
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves or 1/4 tsp of dried thyme
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• - salt & peper, to taste