Have you ever considered having your soup for Breakfast?
I have started to keep a pot of Hearty Vegetable Soup on hand
and find that having it for breakfast is actually a Fabulous Way to start the day.
You can certainly mix up your ingredients with your favourite vegetables and make it different every time.
This recipe below is from www.loopjamaica.com. I tried it out and LOVE it so wanted to share it with you
They have some tasty recipes on their page so check it out if you like this one.
INGREDIENTS.
4 tablespoons olive oil.
1 cup onions
1 cup celery
1 cup carrots
1 lb Yam
1 lb cho- cho
1 tablespoon Garlic
1 quart tomato juice
1/4 cup parsley leaves
2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 quart vegetable stock
1 Scotch bonnet pepper.
2 Stalks spring- onion
Preparation:
Peel and chop carrots in to small round pieces.
Chop celery and onions into small pieces.
Finely mince garlic
Peel and dice yams and or potatoes.
Directions:
Step 1: heat olive oil in your soup pot.
Step 2: Add carrots, celery, garlic and onions. Let them cook on medium-heat until tender Do not exceed 8 minutes
Step 3: Add Yams, Cho-Cho and any other vegetables you may want to add to your soup.
Now its time to add the liquids
Step 4: Pour in tomato juice and vegetable stock to the pot and increase the heat to high.
Step 5 : Once simmering its time to season your pot add a whole scotch bonnet, spring onion stalks and salt.
Step 6: Reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook until the vegetables are tender. Don’t exceed 25 minutes.
Step 7: Once the vegetables are tender and soft, remove from heat and stir in parsley and lemon juice.