Vegetable Soup

Course Soup

Cuisine American

Keyword soup

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 35

Total Time 45

Servings

Calories 209kcal

Author Emma Chapman

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
salt and pepper
½ onion
4 cloves garlic
1 sweet potato
2 carrots
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
¼ teaspoon cayenne
4 cups vegetable broth
2 bay leaves
14.5 ounces diced tomatoes 1 can
1 cup green beans
1 zucchini
2 tablespoons parsley
1 lemon
¼ cup Parmesan cheese

Instructions

Prep the vegetables. Dice the onion. Mince the garlic, Peel and cube the sweet potato. Chop up the carrots (peel first if necessary). Remove the ends of the green beans and chop. Cut up the zucchini. And finely chop the parsley.
In a large pot, melt the olive and butter over medium heat. Cook the onions in the fat, seasoning with a little salt and pepper for a minute or two until softened.
Then add the garlic and cook another minute or two.
Add the sweet potatoes, carrots, Italian seasoning, cayenne, broth, and bay leaves. Reduce the heat to a strong simmer, cover and cook for 20-25 minutes until the potatoes are soft.
Now add the diced tomatoes, green beans and zucchini. Season with a little more salt and pepper. Cover again and cook another 10-15 minutes until the green beans are bright green and have softened.
Remove the bay leaves. Taste and add any additional salt and pepper.
Turn off the heat and stir in the parsley and lemon juice.
Sprinkle on the Parmesan cheese when serving.

Notes

If you’d like to make this vegan-friendly, simply omit the butter (use all oil instead) and either skip the Parmesan cheese or use a vegan alternative.

While these are the vegetables, I tend to use in this vegetable soup recipe you can certainly change it up! Just keep in mind the amount of time the vegetables you use will need to cook in broth in order to be cooked (soft) enough to enjoy.

If you want to add more plant-based protein to this soup, throw in a can of drained chickpeas at the same time you add the green beans.

If you want to add some noodles or rice to this soup, feel free! You can add them uncooked with enough time to cook in the broth or you can add them at the end once they are already cooked.

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