Soup Recipes

Vegetable soup is ideal for winter, nourishing and full of vitamins.

Vegetable Soup

25g or butter

2 carrots, sliced thinly

2 celery stalks diced

1 onion thinly sliced

2 potatoes cut in thin slices

15 ml chopped parsley

1.5ml dried basil

1.5ml crushed dried rosemary

75g cut green beans frozen

100g frozen peas

1 tomato peeled and chopped

100g frozen cauliflower, cut in small florets

2x425g cans chicken broth

Method

·       Combine butter and onion in casserole.

·       Cover and microwave at high for 2 minutes.

·       Add the carrots, potatoes and celery.

·        Re-cover and microwave at high for 5 minutes, stirring once.

·       Add the broth, herbs and salt.

·       Cover and microwave at high for 25 minutes until vegetables are tender.

·       Stir in the tomato, frozen beans, peas and cauliflower.

·       Cover and microwave at high for 10 minutes, and all the vegetables are done.

·       Let the soup cool.

Tomato vegetable soup

Ingredients

6 tomatoes peeled and chopped

850ml water

300g can condensed tomato soup

2 chicken stock cubes

1,5ml dried basil

1,5 ml pepper

225g broccoli

225g cauliflower cut small

1 onion thinly sliced

50g cooked rice

15ml sugar

Method

·       Add tomatoes, tomato soup, water, stock cubes, basil, pepper, sugar and water in a casserole and    cover.

·       Microwave at high for 10 minutes, stirring when needed

·       Cut the broccoli into small florets. Discard the lower stalks.

·       Cut upper stalks into thin slices.

·       Add the broccoli, cauliflowers and onion, stir and cover.

·       Microwave at high for 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

·       Stir in the rice.

·       Let stand to cool.