Zero Points Veggie Soup (weight Watcher Friendly)

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups onions (diced)
• 1 cup celery (diced)
• 3 tablespoons garlic (minced)
• 8 cups napa cabbage (sliced and chopped)
• 2 cups sliced mushrooms
• salt and pepper
• 2 lbs mixed vegetables (frozen, i use the one that had the lima beans added to it)
• 29 ounces fire-roasted tomatoes (hunts makes these and that would be 2 cans)
• 8 cups vegetable stock
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon thyme (fresh or dried)
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• salt and pepper
• 1 tablespoon sugar (i used 1 packet of splenda)
• 1 tablespoon vinegar

Recipe

• 1 over medium high heat, in a large pot add the extra virgin olive oil and the onion, celery, garlic, and cabbage.
• 2 fry for 10-15 minutes or until onions and cabbage have a nice brown color, stirring frequently to make sure you get all the little goodies off the bottom of the pot.
• 3 add mushrooms and cook for another 10 minutes.
• 4 season with salt and pepper to your taste.
• 5 add the frozen vegetables, tomatoes, vegetable stock, bay leaves, thyme, oregano, allspice, and salt and pepper.
• 6 cook for 45 minutes.
• 7 remove from heat.
• 8 add the sugar and vinegar. this does two things; it helps neutralize the gas of the cabbage and also the acid of the tomato.
• 9 enjoy! on weight watchers this is a zero point soup.