Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Load Up on Your Veggies


As most of you know there is starting to be and going to be a veggie shortage due to cold temperatures in Mexico (scary).
I thought now would be the perfect time to post my FAVORITE soup recipe. It is ohhh so good and it freezes super well so we can have veggies on hand before everything is gone or close to gone. It is VEGETABLE SOUP at it's best:



2 Stalk Celery
1 Onion
3 TBS Olive Oil
6 cups chicken broth
1 14.5 oz diced tomatoes
1 can mixed veggies (you can do a cup of frozen)
1/3 cup noodles
1/3 cup barley (I tripled this)
1 can corn (you do one cup frozen)
2 cans of V-8 juice

Saute the celery and onion. Cook the barley. Add everything together and warm up. You are done! I like to add Lima beans. I usually do less chicken broth and more V-8 juice. If I plan on freezing it I do more barley and no noodles. You can toy around with the recipe. I usually do every time. Get a move on it not much time before everything is gone or is super pricey :(