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    Vegetable Soup

    July 22, 2012 by G. Stephen Jones Leave a Comment

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    Vegetable Soup

    What do you make when you are cleaning out your refrigerator vegetable drawer?

    Why vegetable soup of course!

    Here's a simple recipe for vegetable soup using ingredients that I had on hand but of course you can substitute what you have on hand. This is easy to make and can be served as a starter or with a piece of hearty bread as a main course.

    Most of the vegetable soup recipes I've seen call for just water, but I had an extra 4 cups of chicken stock leftover from another recipe, so I decided to try it and it work out fine. In fact, it gave the soup some extra richness.

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    Vegetable Soup

    Great Way to Clean Out the Fridge
    Prep Time15 mins
    Cook Time30 mins
    Total Time45 mins
    Course: Soup
    Cuisine: American

    Ingredients

    • 1 tablespoon olive oil
    • 1 tablespoon butter unsalted
    • 1 medium onion
    • 2 carrots
    • 1 handful green beans
    • 8 button mushrooms
    • 4 cups chicken stock
    • 3 cups water
    • 6 potatoes
    • salt and pepper
    • ¼ cup parsley
    US Customary - Metric

    Instructions

    • Not too much prep for this soup. Just chop up the onion, slice the carrots into ¼ inch thick pieces, trim and halve the green beens.
      Slice the mushrooms into ¼ inch pieces, chop the potatoes into ⅛'s or ¼'s depending on their size and chop the parsley.
      Now you are ready to put it all together.
    • Heat butter and oil on medium high in a soup pot. Sauté onion, carrot, green beans for 3-4 minutes.
    • Add mushrooms and cook for another 2 minutes.
    • Add chicken stock and water, potatoes, and season with salt & pepper.
    • Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and cook at a gentle boil until the potatoes are tender. (approx. 15 minutes)
    • Add parsley just before the potatoes are cooked.
    • Season to taste and serve.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 6g
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