Appetizers / Soups / Salads

Vegetarian Borscht is for Soup.

Vegetarian Borscht takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Vegetarian Borscht takes 90 minutes to cook.

Vegetarian Borscht makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Vegetarian Borscht are:

1 lb beets (about 4 beets)
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic
2 carrots
6 cups chicken stock
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tbsp honey
3 tbsp olive oil

salt & pepper to taste
fat-free plain yogurt as garnish (not included in nutrition info)

Here is how you make Vegetarian Borscht:

- Scrub the beets and bake them on tin foil for an hour at 400 degrees (before they go in the oven, drizzle a little olive oil and add salt and pepper). Take them out of the oven and let them cool while you...- In a large pot, saute chopped onion and chopped garlic and chopped carrots in the remaining olive oil for about 10 minutes.- Add chicken stock to the pot and simmer for 20 minutes, meanwhile...- Remove beets from their skins and chop into large chunks.- Turn off the heat and add the beets to the pot and blend the soup with an immersion blender (or alternatively put the beets in a blender and add the soup).- Add the vinegar and honey and stir.- Add salt & pepper to taste.When serving, add a dollop of fat-free yogurt. (soup can be served hot or cold)Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ALTHORP.

The nutritional information for Vegetarian Borscht is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 203.7

• Total Fat: 9.8 g
• Cholesterol: 7.2 mg
• Sodium: 412.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 22.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.9 g
• Protein: 7.6 g