On warm winter nights home made vegetable soup is especially enjoyable. It is a delicious and an easy way to add healthy vegetables to one’s diet. It can be enjoyed as a main meal or side dish. Adding meat broth will increase the nutrition of this meal. Chicken broth can be saved and frozen from chicken crock pot meals, to be used in this recipe. See Simple, delicious crock pot pastured chicken for an easy recipe.

Ingredients:

1. 28 oz can or jar of organic crushed tomatoes
2. 24 oz jar of plain organic, tomato sauce
3. 3-6 minced garlic
4. sea salt, black pepper, bay leaf, basil, oregano to taste
5. one organic yellow onion, chopped
6. 4 stalks organic celery, chopped
7. 4-8 organic carrots, peeled and sliced
8. 1-2 organic quash, zucchini, and/or potatoes
9. fresh or frozen 16 oz. organic broccoli
10. organic frozen 16 oz. green beans, broken into smaller pieces
11. organic frozen 16 oz mixed vegetables (carrots, corn, peas)
12. organic frozen 12-16 oz. spinach
13. 1-2 cans of Eden organic kidney and/or Northern beans
14. 2-4 cups filtered water
15. chicken and/or beef broth (optional)
16. pastured stew meat, cut into smaller pieces (optional)
17. 3-4 tablespoons organic, refined coconut oil

Directions:

1. Melt coconut oil in large soup pan
2. Saute chopped or cut up onions, celery, garlic and meat 
3. Add tomato sauce, one bay leaf, filtered water and meat broth
4. Bring mixture to boil and lower heat
5. Add fresh cut up vegetables and simmer for half hour
6. Add crushed tomatoes and frozen vegetables and simmer 30- 60 minutes until all vegetables are cooked
7. Add seasonings to taste
8. Vegetables can be adjusted to what is available and preferred
9. Enjoy! 🙂

Written by Michelle Goldstein, Holistic Health to Go