Vegetarian Cabbage Soup

Ingredients

• Cabbage

  raw

  2 head, small or 1.43kg

• Tomatoes

  canned, packed in tomato juice

  1 cup or 240g

• Tomato paste

  canned, unsalted

  2 tbsp or 32g

• Garlic

  raw

  200g

• Onion

  raw

  ½ cup, sliced or 58g

• Mixed vegetables

  frozen

  1 cup or 225g

• Oregano

  dried

  ¼ tsp, ground or 0.5g

• Basil

  200g

• Lemon

  raw, with peel

  1 fruit without seeds or 108g

• Vegetable stock

  FreshDirect

  4 cup or 948g

• Cooking spray

  Pam brand

  100g

• Salt

  table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Black pepper

  ground

  1 dash or 0.1g

Directions

1. 1. Spray a heavy bottom deep pan with cooking oil spray. Add onion, garlic, oregano, tomato paste with pinch of salt and cook for 5 minutes or until onion are translucent.. Stir well so that garlic does not burn.
2. 2. Add tomato and basil, then saute for 2 more minutes.
3. 3. Add cabbage, mix frozen/fresh vegetables, water (or vegetable broth if using), generous pinch of salt and pepper. Bring to boil, then simmer for about 10 minutes until all vegetables are tender.
4. 4. Once cabbage and other veggies are tender. Switch off heat. Stir in lemon juice and fresh chopped parsley. Taste then adjust salt and black pepper. Serve hot. **Follow instructions below to portion soup for cabbage soup diet plan.
5. Recipe by: Savita (source: http://www.chefdehome.com/Recipes/664/vegetarian-cabbage-soup)