Getting My Veggies In With This Simple Cabbage Soup Recipe

I have NO idea what is wrong with me but since I’ve been paying attention to my eating habits, I’ve realized that I am not getting nearly enough vegetables. I’m like a child in my food choices….it’s almost embarrassing how strongly I crave fatty comfort foods rather than “fuel” foods.

Unless I put my mind to it, I don’t naturally reach for them. These days I’m intent on eating in a healthier manner which means vegetables….and there are so many delicious ways to get my daily intake, such as this simple cabbage soup recipe which I’m sharing with you. I make batches of this and try to keep it in the fridge to grab when I need to curb a craving. So far it’s working!

I am participating in the Food Bloggers Challenge which prompts us each week to share a recipe with a required ingredient, this week it’s cabbage so of course I had to share this soup.

Simple Cabbage Soup Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1/2 head of cabbage, chopped into 1″ pieces
• 1/2 red onion, roughly chopped
• 1 green pepper, roughly chopped
• 1 red pepper, roughly chopped
• 2 large carrots, sliced into coins
• 2 cups of baby spinach, chopped
• 2 large stalks of celery, sliced
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 small can tomato paste (156ml)
• 1 can of diced tomatoes (796ml or 3.3 cups)
• 1 box of chicken broth (950ml or 4 cups)
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

Look at all of these gorgeous vegetables which are in this cabbage soup recipe, so many vitamins which are good for out bodies! Begin by chopping your veggies and heat the oil on medium/high heat in a large pot.

Saute your onions and garlic until they are tender and add the peppers in for approx 3 minutes. Add in all of your ingredients except the baby spinach and celery.

Allow the soup to come to a light boil, then lower the heat. Add in the baby spinach and celery and simmer until the cabbage and carrots reach the tenderness you like. I actually allow mine to simmer for a while, somehow this soup is never left on too long.

Funnily, I don’t love the taste of cabbage in most dishes but in this soup it’s lovely.

As I mentioned, once I’ve made a batch I keep this soup in the fridge and have it daily as a snack or a side with meals. Assuming you serve it into 8 portions it is only 85 calories so go ahead, have a bowl or two and get those veggies in!

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Getting My Veggies In With This Simple Cabbage Soup Recipe

A simple, healthy cabbage soup recipe

Author: Julie Elsdon-Height

Recipe type: soup

Serves: 8

Prep time:  5 mins

Cook time:  23 mins

Total time:  28 mins

Ingredients

• ½ head of cabbage, chopped into 1" pieces
• ½ red onion, roughly chopped
• 1 green pepper, roughly chopped
• 1 red pepper, roughly chopped
• 2 large carrots, sliced into coins
• 2 cups of baby spinach, chopped
• 2 large stalks of celery, sliced
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 small can tomato paste (156ml)
• 1 can of diced tomatoes (796ml or 3.3 cups)
• 1 box of chicken broth (950ml or 4 cups)
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Begin by chopping your veggies and heat the oil on medium/high heat in a large pot.
2. Saute your onions and garlic until they are tender and add the peppers in for approx 3 minutes.
3. Add in all of your ingredients except the baby spinach and celery.
4. Allow the soup to come to a light boil, then lower the heat.
5. Add in the baby spinach and celery and simmer until the cabbage and carrots reach the tenderness you like, approx 20 mins.

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