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Managing a Healthy Daily Diet on a Limited Budget
Vegetable Soup Recipe
Just like mom used to make - only healthier!
Ingredients for Low Calorie Vegetable Soup
- 1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil
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- 1/2 cup of chopped onions & celery
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- 1/2 bag of carrots, tops removed, then sliced into large chunks
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- 4 large potatoes, peeled & cut into large chunks
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- just a dash of dried basil (optional)
- 1 small can of diced tomatoes
In a deep pot, add olive oil and heat until warm. Add chopped onion/celery and allow vegetables to clarify. Add about 3 cups of water and the chunky carrots. Allow to cook until the carrots are 1/2 way done then add the basil, then the chopped potatoes.
Add water so that it covers the potatoes about 1 inch. Salt & pepper soup as desired.
As a note, the reason that I cook the carrots 1/2 way through before adding the potatoes is that it takes the carrots much longer to cook than the potatoes. If you enjoy your potatoes extra done, they can be added to the soup with the carrots. But if you enjoy a firm and tender potato, add them after the carrots cook to the half-way point. When potatoes are tender, add the diced tomatoes.
Serve with cornbread if desired.

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