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7 Minute Soup

RECIPE By PlantPlate
This is the recipe that takes all the excuses for not eating healthily off the table! Simple, satisfying and versatile, our seven minute soup makes it easier than ever to get a healthy fix at the end of a busy work day.

Prep Time: 2 Minutes
Cook Time: 5 Minutes
Yield: 4 Servings

Notes:

Do you ever get home from a long day and, despite all your best intentions to eat healthily, find yourself falling prey to take away- or late night snacking- instead of having a proper meal? Well, not any more! While it's probably a stretch to call this a recipe, it is a very useful "base" idea that can be thrown together in a matter of minutes. Made with a mixture of prepared vegetables, broth and seasonings, this is really fast food at it's healthiest. And because you can rotate the varieties of vegetables and legumes you use, you can make it time and time again without getting bored.

We have listed specific frozen vegetables in this recipe, but you can use just about any kind you like, including pre-mixed varieties. When choosing the vegetables you are going to use for this soup, look for ones that are quite small and uniform in size, so they cook in the same amount of time. Peas, beans, corn, carrot pieces, cut broccoli and cauliflower, and diced pepper, squash, potato or onion pieces will all work well. You can also change the herbs and seasonings to your liking, adding more heat or spices if you prefer.

As for the legumes, well, anything goes! Kidney beans, chickpeas, black beans, butter beans, lentils and lima beans are all fantastic, as are bean mixes. Make sure to look for canned legumes with no salt added, as well as low sodium or "no salt added" vegetable stock.

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups low sodium vegetable stock
  • 1/2 tsp. onion powder
  • 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp. dried thyme
  • 1/4 tsp. dried oregano
  • 1/2 tsp. chilli pepper flakes (optional- add more or less to taste)
  • 1 cup frozen corn kernels
  • 1 cup frozen green peas
  • 1 cup frozen green bean pieces
  • 1 cup frozen spinach
  • 1 cup frozen baby carrots
  • 1 can no-salt-added legumes, drained and rinsed

Instructions:

Heat the stock. Add all other ingredients and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes until the vegetables are tender. Serve immediately.

Prepared soup will keep, refrigerated, for 2-3 days. It can also be frozen in sealed containers for up to 1 month.