Recipe: Simple Vegetable Soup

A simple, healthful recipe for vegetable soup the whole family will enjoy

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Ingredients:

• 6 carrots
• 2 stalks celery
• 1 large potato
• 2 cups frozen corn
• 1 small squash
• 2 leeks, finely diced
• 1 onion, finely diced
• 8 cloves garlic
• 5 tablespoons miso
• Salt to taste
• 2 tablespoons herbs de Provence

Directions:

1. Dice veggies into similar-sized pieces.
2. Put everything except miso in pot and over with water.
3. Dissolve miso in ½ cup warm water and add to soup.
4. Cook until carrots are tender, about 25 minutes.
5. Add sea salt and pepper to taste.

Strategies:

1. Make a soup night once a week where you consistently serve a variety of veggie soups. Call is “Veggie Day” or “Soup Day.” If you have a child who protests, after a few weeks they will bear it, and after a month or two they will come to like it.
2. You can puree it at the beginning, dice veggies really small, or add rice or noodles.
3. Play! This soup is very flexible and can be made with any firm veggies in any season — beets, green beans, parsnips, broccoli stalks (make sure to peel), zucchini. Switch the herbs de Provence for cumin and paprika for a different taste.

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