Soup, Vegetable Or Chicken-vegetable (no-salt-added)

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 6 cups no-salt-added chicken stock (see other recipe coming soon)
• 2 cups water (purified)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 small vidalia onion
• 2 carrots
• 2 stalks celery
• 2 (15 ounce) cans no-salt-added diced tomatoes, including juice
• 2 cups frozen no-salt-added peas
• 2 cups corn (buy 3 ears)
• 2 cups green beans (buy 3 large handfuls)
• 1 medium yukon gold potato
• 1 (15 ounce) can no-salt-added black beans or 1 (15 ounce) can no-salt-added navy beans or 1 (15 ounce) can other no-salt-added beans, drained, rinsed
• 2 tablespoons flavor enhancer (see other recipe coming soon)
• 3 ounces no-added-salt tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 cups diced cooked chicken (optional)

Recipe

• 1 make chicken stock.
• 2 add olive oil to soup pot.
• 3 chop onion, carrots, and celery.
• 4 heat olive oil over medium heat.
• 5 when hot, add onion, carrots, and celery.
• 6 saute until softened.
• 7 add chicken stock and water and increase heat to high.
• 8 add remaining vegetables except tomato paste, and flavor enhancer.
• 9 bring to a boil.
• 10 reduce heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• 11 mix tomato paste in 1/2 cup of the broth and add to soup.
• 12 add black pepper.
• 13 increase heat to high to return to simmer, then reduce to medium-low.
• 14 simmer for another 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 15 add chicken, if using, and cook for 5 minutes.
• 16 set aside enough soup for rest of week.
• 17 freeze remaining soup in one cup containers for future use.