Vegetable Soup

Every sip of warm mixed vegetable soup is divine, it is simple, yet flavorful, and it is quite easy to make.  Even better is the fact that you can always tailor the recipe to suit your own taste at any time by making use of any vegetable of your choice.

The mixed vegetable soup recipe is a wonderful way of making use of leftover vegetables. But that doesn’t mean you can’t use fresh vegetables either. Canned or frozen vegetables? These work too!

A bowl of vegetable soup is a nice thing to have during the cold winter season. No wonder it is very common from December to February!Pack some Vegetable Soup in a water bottle from Vaya and have on the go!

Health Benefits

1. Garlic, from the onion family, contains potent medicinal properties. It is very rich in vitamin C, B6, and manganese. Garlic can combat sickness including the common cold. It also detoxifies the body and reduces blood pressure
2. Carrot is a root vegetable, usually orange in color but it can also come in other colors. Carrots are good sources of beta-carotene, fiber, vitamin k, potassium and antioxidants. It helps in weight loss.
3. The black pepper is a flowering vine which is cultivated for its fruit it is usually dried and it is used as spice and seasoning. It contains vitamin k, iron, fiber and manganese.
4. Mixed vegetable soup is rich in minerals, vitamins and fiber. Down with the cold? Pack some healthy soup to have on the go and give your body much-needed nourishment.

Ingredients

oil or butter: 1/2 tbsp

chopped onion: 2 tbsp

minced garlic: 2 tsp

chopped carrots: 1/3 cup

chopped green cabbage: 1/3 cup

sweet corn kernels: 1/3 cup

chopped green beans: 1/3 cup

salt: 1/2 cup

black pepper: 1/4 tsp

dried thyme: 1/4 tsp

Garlic powder: 1/4 tsp

bay leaf: 1

cups vegetable broth: 2 1/2

How To Make Vegetable Soup

1. Heat the oil or butter in a pot. Add the onions, garlic, and carrots. Cook and stir for 4 minutes till the onions are soft.
2. Add remaining vegetables and cook for 2 minutes.
3. Add salt, pepper, thyme and garlic powder.
4. Add the bay leaves and vegetable broth then stir. Bring to a boil then reduce heat and let it simmer for 10 minutes.
5. Adjust the seasoning to suit your taste.
6. Remove the bay leaf and serve your mixed vegetable soup.
7. Serve in steel tumbler

Just pack it up in thermos flask and you’ll be able to take a little taste of home with you everywhere.

Trivia

1. The Venn diagram shows the overlap in the usage of the terminology “vegetables” in a culinary sense.