If you’re anything like me, you hate cooking! However, it’s important to have a couple of recipes in your arsenal that are easy, cheap and healthy for when you have ordered Chinese take-out three times in one week already. Here is my recipe for a yummy vegetarian soup! It is high in veggies (mom approved already), cheap, simple and can be made for as many people as you need!
What to Buy
Vegetable stock
Carrots
Potatoes
Celery
Green beans
Broccoli
Parsnips
Pasta (I recommend the tiny Pastina stars, but you do you)
Oh no! You hate parsnips? Don’t use them! Do you really love peppers? Put them in there! This is just a list of my ingredients, but you are welcome to substitute, remove and add as you please! You might notice that there are no amounts here, and that’s because you use what you feel is right. Are you feeding four people? You might want to buy two potatoes and a whole head of broccoli. Just feeding yourself? Maybe only one potato and a couple of broccoli florets. When in doubt, make more than you think you will need! This soup stays good (if you refrigerate it) for a couple days. I once fed ten college students with this soup. I used two whole boxes of vegetable broth! So just get what you feel is right.
Step 1
Wash your veggies. Don’t be gross.
Step 2
Cut your veggies. The smaller the veggies are, the faster they cook, so be aware of that. I recommend skinning your potatoes before you cut them.
Step 3
Put a pot of water with a little salt on the stove. You can have the burner on high to get the water boiling, but once the water is boiling add your washed and cut up veggies to the water and turn down the heat. You want it to be on medium-low heat or else the veggies will cook unevenly. You should also be watching this pot the whole time. Stir often! If you are making a big batch of this, you may need to do two rounds of cooking the veggies. To check if your veggies are cooked, taste test them! Once they are cooked (but not too squishy), take the pot off the burner and drain the water. Then set the veggies aside in a bowl or something. You’ll need them later.
Step 4
Make the pasta. You want your pasta to be al dente (so basically not too squishy) because you’ll be cooking it again. Drain the water once the pasta is cooked.
Step 5
Put the vegetables, pasta and vegetable broth into a pot on low heat. Use low heat! Stir as you let all the ingredients warm up. This is not to cook anything, this is just to warm everything up. Taste test to make sure that everything is warm and ready to be eaten!
Step 5
Eat the soup! Enjoy the soup! Love the soup!
Happy soup making!
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