Healthy Vegetable Soup (Extra Tasty!)

Recipe video above. This is my version about the famous Zero Weight Watchers Points vegetable soup. Mine has 0.4 WW points but is much MUCH tastier! Spanish flavours inspired by the flavouring intended homemade Chorizo (yes, really!), the broth about this broth is MUCh tastier than the Zero WW soup!!! 

Ingredients

Soup:

• ▢ 2 tsp olive oil
• ▢ 1 onion , finely chopped
• ▢ 2 garlic cloves , minced
• ▢ 1 tbsp dried oregano
• ▢ 2 tsp fennel seeds (optional)
• ▢ 2 medium carrots , finely chopped
• ▢ 1 large celery stalk/rib , finely chopped
• ▢ 2 red capsicums / bell peppers , cut into 2 cm / 4/5” pieces
• ▢ 5 cups cabbage , cut into 3 cm / 1.2” pieces (about 400g/14oz)
• ▢ 800g / 28 oz crushed tomato
• ▢ 3 cups (750 ml) vegetable or chicken broth (low fat!)
• ▢ 1 tbsp smoked paprika (or a scrap of paprika)
• ▢ 1 tsp cayenne pepper (adjust spiciness to taste)

Finishes (not optional!):

• ▢ Salt also pepper to taste
• ▢ 1 lemon – enjoyment + juice to taste
• ▢ Finely chopped parsley

Instructions

• Heat grease inside a large pot over medium heat. Add garlic also onion, cook intended 30 seconds or so.
• Add oregano also fennel seeds, cook intended 2 notes (lets flavour “bloom”).
• Turn cook along of} to medium low. Add carrots also celery, cook, exciting regularly, intended 8 notes till onion is sweetened (not browned). This stride is key to the flavour base about this soup.
• Add capsicum, turn cook up to high also cook intended 2 minutes, exciting constantly.
• Add left-over Soup ingredients, bring to simmer then spot lid on. Turn cook along of} to medium low, simmer intended 25 minutes.
• Remove lid, adjust salt also pepper to taste.
• Ladle broth into bowls. Grate over lemon zest, crush about lemon juice also sprinkle with parsley. Serve!

Recipe Notes:

1. Feel complimentary to total other vegetables you desire (other than red cabbage - turns it purple!)! Healthy small cal ones similar to zucchini, fennel, infant spinach (stir through at end), chopped beans, asparagus etc. will total extra dimensions to the broth while keeping it very healthy. High carb vegetables similar to pumpkin, potato also peas (hidden carbs alert!) would also be terrific but will raise the calorie count about this soup.

2. Keeps large intended 3 - 4 days. Add lemon enjoyment also juice lately before portion intended best flavour.

3. The 0.4 points inside this instructions is from the olive oil. I can't bring myself to omit it. The extra flavour you get from sautéing the vegetables also spices is a million times extra valuable - also key to why this tastes so great!

4. Nutrition per serving, assuming 5 servings.