Vegetarian Soup Recipes

Preparing vegetarian soups is a tasty way to increase the veggies in your diet. This page contains vegetarian soup recipes.

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Vegetarian Broth

Using a gallon size freezer bag, save and freeze spare cuttings from all your cleaned and scrubbed fresh vegetables: onion skins, zucchini and cucumber ends, potato peels, carrot tips, carrot peels, tomatoes, celery, greens, garlic paper. The possibilities are endless!

When the freezer bag is full:

Pour the frozen cuttings into a large cooking pan. Fill with water (ratio 2 - 3 parts water to vegetables).
Bring to boil and simmer until you get a rich, nice looking broth.
Strain the broth into another pan (the veggies can be composted).

You've now got a healthy vegetarian broth, that was virtually free. For soup, use cooked pasta, cubed or sliced fresh veggies, frozen veggies, cooked lentils, cooked beans, cooked rice. Bring to a boil, simmer till the veggies are done, and spice to taste. Go through your fridge and cupboards and use your leftovers and imagination!

By Laura from Long Beach, CA

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Vegetable Lentil Soup

Ingredients:

1 onion, chopped
1/4 cup olive oil
2 carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. dried basil
1 (14.5 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
2 cups dry lentils
8 cups water
1/2 cup spinach, rinsed and thinly sliced
2 Tbsp. vinegar
salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste

Directions:

In a large soup pot, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions, carrots, and celery; cook and stir until onion is tender. Stir in garlic, bay leaf, oregano, and basil; cook for 2 minutes.

Stir in lentils, and add water and tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for at least 1 hour. When ready to serve stir in spinach, and cook until it wilts. Stir in vinegar, and season to taste with salt and pepper, and more vinegar if desired.

By Aardvark from Hampton, VA

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African Peanut Soup

This is based on a recipe published by the Colophon Cafe in Bellingham, WA. This vegetarian soup is spicy and filling but you could use chicken broth and add ground or chopped turkey to make it even heartier.

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Looking for Vegetarian Bean Soup Recipes

I would like recipes for soups without meat, but with beans: black, red, white, on and on. It can be done in a crockpot or hand blended.
Thanks.

By Barbara L

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Most Recent Answer

By Tapestry Lady 05/20/2011

I make this soup all the time. Inexpensive, filling, and easy to make. It's made with lentils but you could substitute white beans if you prefer.

Lentil & Tomato Stew

1 can tomatoes, whole or diced (do not drain)
1-2 carrots, chopped
1 cup frozen or canned peas
1 medium potato, cubed
1 onion, diced
1/3 cup dried lentils

Saute chopped carrot and onion in a little olive or vegetable oil over medium heat until onions turn clear. Add canned tomatoes and other ingredients plus 3 cans of water. Season with vegetable boullion, 1 tsp oregano, 1 tsp marjoram, bay leaf, and 1 tsp turmeric. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 45 minutes to an hour until ingredients are tender. Salt and pepper to taste. Add more water if necessary.