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Healthy Vegetable Soup (Extra Tasty!) Recipe
A Wholesome Vegetable Soup made additional tasty……that is my model of the well-known Zero Weight Watchers Factors cabbage soup. It has 0.4 factors (let’s spherical it down to zero!) however it tastes means, means, means higher!
A wholesome vegetable soup made additional tasty.
Have you learnt concerning the zero Weight Watchers Factors cabbage soup? Basically, all you do is put all of the greens, broth/inventory and a dollop of tomato paste right into a pot, convey it to a boil then that’s it.
I don’t even have to attempt it to know that it might be slightly bland. I simply couldn’t convey myself to make it. So I made up my very own model. of a wholesome vegetable soup:-)
Sure, mine entails a tiny little bit of oil so a soffrito of onion, celery and carrots might be slowly sautéed till candy which creates a ravishing flavour base for this soup. There’s a purpose that that is the best way that lots of the biggest classics on this world begin – like Beef Ragu!
Along with the soffrito, I additionally sauté oregano and fennel. Very similar to sizzling water makes the flavour of cocoa powder “bloom”, sautéing dried herbs and spices actually opens up their flavour. If you happen to haven’t tried it earlier than, I believe you’ll be pleasantly shocked!
I do know fennel could sound like an fascinating alternative, however the purpose I selected it’s as a result of I wished to provide this soup a Spanish kick and what higher method to give a soup an enormous flavour kick than to use Chorizo seasonings? 🙂
In order that’s why I exploit fennel. It’s very delicate and never a key ingredient, so skip it should you don’t like or have it.
However should you do purchase it particularly to make use of on this recipe (and it prices not more than the same old dried herbs), use the leftovers to make my brother’s epic Sausage Rolls. They’re da bomb! – Johnsat x
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WATCH HOW TO MAKE IT
Ingredients
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 onion , finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 2 tsp fennel seeds (optional)
- 2 medium carrots , finely chopped
- 1 large celery stalk/rib , finely chopped
- 2 red capsicums / bell peppers , cut into 2 cm / 4/5” pieces
- 5 cups cabbage , cut into 3 cm / 1.2” pieces (about 400g/14oz)
- 800g / 28 oz crushed tomato
- 3 cups (750 ml) vegetable or chicken broth (low fat!)
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika (or any paprika)
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper (adjust spiciness to taste)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 lemon – zest + juice to taste
- Finely chopped parsley
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add garlic and onion, cook for 30 seconds or so.
- Add oregano and fennel seeds, cook for 2 minutes (lets flavour “bloom”).
- Turn heat down to medium low. Add carrots and celery, cook, stirring regularly, for 8 minutes until onion is sweet (not browned). This step is key to the flavour base of this soup.
- Add capsicum, turn heat up to high and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Add remaining Soup ingredients, bring to simmer then place lid on. Turn heat down to medium low, simmer for 25 minutes.
- Remove lid, adjust salt and pepper to taste.
- Ladle soup into bowls. Grate over lemon zest, squeeze of lemon juice and sprinkle with parsley. Serve!
Notes
1. Feel free to add other vegetables you desire (other than red cabbage – turns it purple!)! Healthy low cal ones like zucchini, fennel, baby spinach (stir through at end), chopped beans, asparagus etc. will add more dimensions to the soup while keeping it very healthy. High carb vegetables like pumpkin, potato and peas (hidden carbs alert!) would also be terrific but will raise the calorie count of this soup.
2. Keeps great for 3 – 4 days. Add lemon zest and juice just before serving for best flavour.
3. The 0.4 points in this recipe is from the olive oil. I can’t bring myself to omit it. The extra flavour you get from sautéing the vegetables and spices is a million times more valuable – and key to why this tastes so great!
4. Nutrition per serving, assuming 5 servings.
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