Garden Vegetable Soup
Hearty and comforting soup packed with veggies, greens, herbs and olive oil, makes for a comforting dinner on a cloudy winter day.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time22 minutes mins
Course: Side Dish, Soup
Cuisine: International
- ½ cup onion
chopped - 2 celery stalks
finely chopped - 2 carrot peeled and diced
- about 15 green beans sides trimmed and chopped
- 1 small potato peeled and cubed
- ⅓ rd cup corn kernels frozen works
- 3 tomato diced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 cup spinach chopped roughly
- 1 tbsp tomato paste optional
- 5 cups of vegetable stock or more
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning or to taste
- dried basil to taste
- ½ tsp red chilly flakes optional
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- salt to taste
- lemon juice to taste optional
Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan. Add onion, celery and garlic. Add a pinch of salt and sauté for about five minutes till onion gets soft, stir often.
Add in the carrot, green beans and potato. Sautée for another five minutes, stirring often.
Add the chopped tomato and cook till soft.vegetable stock, tomato paste and corn kernels.
Add the vegetable stock, tomato paste, corn kernels. all the dried herbs and salt.
Bring to a boil and reduce the heat. Simmer for atleast fifteen minutes or until the beans and potato are tender .
Check for seasoning and adjust. Add some lemon juice for tang.