~ Vegetable Soup Recipes ~

Garden Vegetable Soup with Rice

Ingredients

3 cups of Imagine not-chicken vegetable broth
1 cup of V-8 or your favorite vegetable juice
1 Tbsp. tomato paste
1 cup of sliced carrots
1/2 cup diced red onion
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup diced zucchini
2 cups of shredded red cabbage
1 pkg. of boil-in-bag brown rice (try Success brand)
3/4 cup of green beans, cut in 1 inch pieces
2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. dried basil
1/4 tsp. of dried oregano
1/4 tsp. of cracked black pepper
1/4 tsp. sea salt

How we make it

In a large saucepan or stew pot, sauté onion, carrot and garlic in olive oil, over medium-low heat for about 5 minutes.

Add vegetable broth, V-8, tomato paste, beans, cabbage, basil, oregano, salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Pour the rice from the packaged bag into the soup and stir to mix.

Reduce heat to simmer, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Add in the zucchini, stir and heat through for another 2 minutes.
Serve hot.

Makes 4 to 6 servings (about 3/4 to 1 cup each)

Calories 104, Calories from Fat 42, Total Fat 4.79g, Saturated Fat 0.67g, Trans Fat 0.0g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 704mg, Potassium 327mg, Total Carbs 13.47g, Dietary Fiber 3.9g, Sugars 4.81g, Protein 2.7g