astray recipes: Vegetable soup (mcdougall)

Categories: Soups; Low-fat; Vegetables
Yield: 8 Servings

Measure	Ingredient
10 cups	Water
2 larges	Potato; cut in chunks
¼ cup	Tamari soy sauce, low sodium
1 teaspoon	Basil
1 teaspoon	Thyme
2	Carrots; sliced
2	Onion; sliced
2	Zucchini; chopped meduim
3	Tomato; chopped
2	Garlic cloves; crushed
½ teaspoon	Onion powder
1 cup	String beans; cut in 1" piec
1 teaspoon	Oregano
½ teaspoon	Cumin
½ teaspoon	Dill weed
1 tablespoon	Parsley

Recipe by: McDougall Place 10 cups water in a large pot. Add chopped vegetables. Bring to boil. Add seasonings. Simmer over medium-low heat about 45 minutes. Variations: use 2 cups tomato juice in place of 2 cups water. About 15 minutes before end of cooking time, add cooked grains or spaghetti noodles to pot, such as: cooked brown rice, 1 cup; barley, 1 cup; or 1 cup broken whole wheat spaghetti.

HELPFUL HINTS: Other vegetables also may be used in addition to or in place of the ones listed above. Try ½ cup fresh or frozen peas; ½ cup fresh or frozen corn; 1 green pepper, chopped; sliced leeks; sliced mushrooms; or some chopped spinach added for the last 5 minutes of cooking time. From the collection of Sue Smith, S.Smith34, Uploaded June 16, 1994

vegetable soup (mcdougall)