Appetizers / Soups / Salads

Hearty Healthy Soup is for Soup.

Hearty Healthy Soup takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Hearty Healthy Soup takes 30 minutes to cook.

Hearty Healthy Soup makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Hearty Healthy Soup are:

2 tbsp olive oil
1 med onion chopped
1 med carrot chopped
2 stalks celery chopped
3 cloves garlic chopped
1 can tomatoes (diced or any other)
1 whole bay leaf (removed when done)
1 carton chicken or vegetable broth
and an equal amount of water
1 med acorn squash peeled and cubed
1 cup elbow pasta or any other pasta
2 medium potatoes peeled and cubed
1 can beans (any kind you like ie: romano, pinto, kidney)
1/2 bag frozen chopped spinach
Salt only if needed
Pepper to taste.

These are all aproximate measurements. I don't measure when cooking. I use whatever I have on hand. You can use all broth, or all water and add chicken boullion cubes; use different pasta, use zucchini, different beans. Put in whatever you like. Add chopped parsely at the end. You can add sausage or bacon when sauteing the onion for more flavour, however, more calories too. Adjust the liquid as you go and taste for salt.

Here is how you make Hearty Healthy Soup:

Saute onion a minute or so in the olive oil. Add celery and carrot and cook 2 minutes. Add choppped garlic. Once it smells fragrant add the canned chopped tomatoes. Add bay leaf. Let it all cook gently until about half the liquid has evaporated.Add broth and water . Add chopped squash. Let it boil gently for about 15minutes. Should look like a thin stew. Take out about 1/4 of the soup, puree it and set it aside. Add more liquid if it looks too thick. Add pepper to taste. Add the pasta. Stir, and once it comes to a boil, add the chopped potatoes. Once they're cooked, add the can of beans. Remove the bay leaf. Let it come to a simmer and add the chopped spinach.Add the puree. Stir and serve. Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user POINETTIA.

The nutritional information for Hearty Healthy Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 207.1

• Total Fat: 5.0 g
• Cholesterol: 1.3 mg
• Sodium: 900.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 31.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.8 g
• Protein: 10.8 g

The dietary needs meet for Hearty Healthy Soup is Low Fat