Description
I make this super-easy vegetarian vegetable soup about every other week. It’s thick and hearty, almost like a stew. Served with warm whole grain bread it makes a filling meal. Use green peas or green peas in place of okra if preferred.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ onion, chopped
- 3 stalks celery, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 4 carrots, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch rounds
- 2 baking potatoes, cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 cup frozen corn
- 1 cup frozen shelled edamame (green soybeans)
- 1 cup frozen sliced okra
- 2 leaves kale, roughly chopped
- salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and celery in hot oil until onion is softened and translucent
- about 5 minutes.
- Stir garlic into the onion mixture; cook and stir until fragrant
- 2 to 3 minutes more.
- Pour vegetable broth and tomato sauce into pot. Simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Stir carrots and potatoes through the broth. Simmer until carrots are tender
- 10 to 15 minutes more.
- Drop corn
- edamame
- okra
- and kale into the soup. Continue to simmer until okra is tender
- 5 to 10 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
Servings: 10