Versatile vegetable soup recipe

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Loaded with vitamins and served as a comfy meal, making this vegetable soup is very easy, and doesn’t take more than 5 minutes of preparation.

If you are a lover of comfy healthy food, then look no further. Soups are definitely the best go-to option, and vegetable soup can easily top the list. The reason is that it serves as a comfortable meal, loaded with vitamins, nutrients, minerals, and everything your body needs to be in its best shape and form.

Whatever is the season of the year, this recipe for vegetable soup will save you. Why? Because it is versatile, allowing you to through in your cook pan any seasonal vegetables you have on hand. And guess what? If you prefer any seasonal kind of vegetables, then your freezer is the right place to store them all year long and add them to your bowl of soup whenever you want.

Making this soup is very easy, and doesn’t take more than 5 minutes of preparation. Of course, I am not referring to boiling and simmering time. But yes, seriously speaking, with fried onions, ginger, coriander and garlic, chopped vegetables, a few seasonings, and of course a deliciously healthy homemade vegetable stock cube, you will be ready to boil a delicious, flavorful, healthy, comfortable soup to indulge with your family.

So, if kids are giving you hard time eating vegetables, if you’re looking for a dinner to prepare for a few consecutive evenings, or even looking for light meals to watch your calories, this versatile vegetable soup will do the needful. So grab your cutting board, cooking pot, and needed utensils, and let’s do it!

What are the ingredients of this vegetable soup?

If you want to make an aromatic comfortable soup, then make sure to use the following ingredients. No skipping:

• Olive oil: for an intense flavor, avoid using vegetable oil.
• Garlic: not garlic powder. Nothing beats the flavor of fried minced garlic.
• Onions: not onion powder. Fried onions boost the flavor of this soup.
• Ginger: fresh chopped ginger is the best.
• Coriander: either freshly chopped coriander or dried coriander. When fried with ginger, they do magic.
• Vegetable stock: check my recipe on how to make healthy vegan vegetable stock at home.
• Seasonings: including sweet pepper, all spices, caraway, white pepper.
• Vegetables: add your favorites. In this recipe, I am suggesting adding marrow, carrots, and celery.

What vegetables can you add to vegetable soup?

The vegetables that you prefer. You can add any available seasonal vegetables. Or freeze your preferred vegetables to add them whenever you feel like craving a delicious vegetable soup. Some vegetables can be:

• Marrow
• Carrots
• Celery
• Eggplant
• Tomatoes
• Potatoes
• Pumpkin
• Beans
• Corn

How to make this versatile vegetable soup?

The best part about making this soup is that it is all done in one pot. No piling washing pots, nor messing up the kitchen to prepare a few bowls. How?

Mince your garlic, and chopped your onion, ginger, and vegetables into very small cubes.

Fry garlic, onions, ginger, and coriander with olive oil and add along with the seasonings and salt.

Once the garlic starts to brownish and onions become translucent, add the chopped vegetables, vegetable stock, and water.

Cover the pot and bring to a boil, then uncover and let the soup simmer for 20 minutes.

Finally pour a little lemon juice and enjoy!

Why should you prepare this vegetable soup?

• This soup is a comfy food loaded with nutrients.
• It is versatile and be tweaked to your preference.
• Made with ingredients that you definitely have on hand.
• It is very tasty and can be done in no time.
• Can be served for a couple of days or frozen and served after a month.

What are this soup’s variations?

The list of variations is long. Here are some ideas:

• A new mix of vegetables: you’re not obliged to stick to the carrots, marrow, and celery. Feel free to add your mix of vegetables to your soup.
• Flavor it with tomato paste: Yes. If you love the flavor of tomatoes in the soup, then tomato paste is what you should look for. It adds a special taste to your soup and flavor it like magic.
• For the love of beans, add your favorite bean type: red beans, black beans, white beans, chickpeas…
• Choose your carbs source: if you are not into vermicelli, you have a long list of choices like rice, wheat, oat, quinoa, orzo, or freekeh to name a few.
• Although the original soup is vegetarian, you can always add chicken or meat and change it all upside-down.

Some FAQs

Is vegetable soup healthy?

This soup is loaded with vegetables which are considered a great source of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients. This makes this soup a very healthy one.

Can you make it spicy?

Of course. You can add chili or cayenne pepper to the list of seasonings and make it spicy. If you love the taste of other spices such as cumin or cinnamon you can add a pinch of each as well

Can you freeze vegetable soup?

Definitely, you can. One more idea is to freeze the chopped vegetables and cook a fresh soup whenever you feel like it.

Looking for more starter recipes? Here are some suggestions:

• Baked feta pasta salad
• Creamy mushroom soup
• Anchovies-free Caesar salad
• Creamy white bean dip

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