Simple Vegetable Soup
Soup is the single most brilliant way to use up what you have in your fridge.
Servings: 8 People
Calories: 119.33kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 large carrots halved and sliced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 3 cups shredded cabbage
- 1 yellow bell pepper seeded and diced
- 1 red bell pepper seeded and diced
- 1 large bulb fennel trimmed cored and diced
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 1 can cannellini beans drained and rinsed
- 8 cups vegetable or chicken broth
- Spicy pepper relish cherry pepper relish to taste (optional)
- Shredded Parmesan cheese optional
Instructions
- In a large pot heat the olive oil over medium heat.
- Add the onions, carrots and garlic and sauté for two minutes until slightly tender. Add the cabbage, bell peppers and fennel, season with salt and pepper, and sauté until the vegetables are crisp tender, about five more minutes. Add the cannellini beans and broth, and simmer for 15 minutes until everything is tender.
- Ladle it out into bowls, and stir a bit of the spicy pepper relish into any of the portions where heat and piquancy is desired. Sprinkle the cheese over any of the bowls.
Notes
Originally published on The Huffington Post.
Nutrition
Calories: 119.33kcal | Carbohydrates: 19.85g | Protein: 4.4g | Fat: 3.71g | Saturated Fat: 0.52g | Sodium: 1090.08mg | Potassium: 297.52mg | Fiber: 5.3g | Sugar: 4.78g | Vitamin A: 3608.62IU | Vitamin C: 61.56mg | Calcium: 68.95mg | Iron: 1.73mg