New Year New You Healthy Vegetable Soup Food

SPANISH HEALTHY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add garlic and onion, cook for 30 seconds or so.
• Add oregano and fennel seeds, cook for 2 minutes (lets flavour "bloom").
• Turn heat down to medium low. Add carrots and celery, cook, stirring regularly, for 8 minutes until onion is sweet (not browned). This step is key to the flavour base of this soup.
• Add capsicum, turn heat up to high and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add remaining Soup ingredients, bring to simmer then place lid on. Turn heat down to medium low, simmer for 25 minutes.
• Remove lid, adjust salt and pepper to taste.
• Ladle soup into bowls. Grate over lemon zest, squeeze of lemon juice and sprinkle with parsley. Serve!

NEW YEAR NEW YOU HEALTHY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Saute onion and garlic in large stock pot at medium heat until translucent.
• Add celery, carrots and bell pepper and saute 2 minutes more.
• Add all remaining ingredients and bring to a low boil.
• Once boiling, reduce to simmer and continue cooking for 90 minutes to develop flavors.
• Enjoy as is for a non-meat meal. Or add cooked chicken to make a heartier meal.

NEW YEAR'S SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a soup pot over medium heat; cook and stir garlic until it begins to brown, about 3 minutes. Add onion and carrots. Cook and stir until carrots begin to brown and onion becomes translucent, 7 to 8 minutes. Cook and stir collard greens into onion mixture until wilted, about 5 minutes.
• Pour vegetable broth and black-eyed peas into vegetables, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer soup until vegetables are softened, 20 to 25 minutes.
• While soup is simmering, mix quinoa and water in a saucepan, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer until the water has absorbed into the quinoa, about 10 minutes. Stir cooked quinoa into soup and simmer until collard greens are tender, about 10 more minutes. Stir cider vinegar into soup to taste and season with salt and black pepper.

HEALTHY MIXED VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in pan. I recommend canola oil because it has 0 Trans fat and 0 cholesterol.
• Add ginger and garlic paste. Cook for 1 minute.
• Chop all vegetables fine. You can use a food processor to chop them. Put everything in soup except onions.
• Add salt. Stir fry for 4-5 minutes or until they look bright and done.
• Add water and bring it to boil.
• In a bowl take 1/2 cup cold water and add corn flour in it. Add this mixture to soup.
• Bring it to boil again and add soy sauce, and chili powder. Boil till soup becomes thick and transparent.
• Finish the soup by adding chopped onions.
• Serve hot.