Freebie Friday - Vegetable Soup

Today we are resharing our Vegetable Soup recipe! Soups are a great way to use up leftovers especially this one. It works great for canned vegetables or fresh!

Vegetable soup is a great way to use up left overs and to clean the cupboards out. We used canned items in this soup but if you have left overs just chop them up and throw them in too. It is also very easy to make this soup Vegetarian, or to add some sort of meat.

What you'll need:

2-3 Carrots (Large - or 2 handfuls of baby carrots)

2 Stocks of Celery

1 Medium Onion

2 Cloves of Garlic

1 Can of Corn

1 Can of Peas

1 Can of Green Beans

1 Can of Kidney Beans

1 Box of Alphabet Pasta

3 Boxes of Chicken Broth (easily changed to vegetable stock if you choose)

1 Can of Tomato Juice (or Spaghetti sauce if you want it more flavourful)

2 TSP of Paprika

1-2 TBSP of Butter

Bovril (optional)

Getting Started:

Wash/peel and chop all vegetables and add to a large pot. On medium-high heat add butter slowly to cooking vegetables ass needed until the onion and garlic become aromatic. Add chicken broth and pasta. Once pasta is cooked to your liking, add the canned vegetables and bring to a boil. Once boiled, reduce heat and taste test (add bovril - liquid bouillon until the liquid has a bright yellow colour). Add the tomato juice and paprika. Taste and add salt and pepper and bovril as needed.