Hearty Vegetable and Rice Soup

A hearty vegetable and rice soup will fill your stomach and warm you up! It's very chunky and full of flavor!  It's a vegetable soup made with carrots, celery, sweet potato, tomato, green beans, corn and rice.

Chilly weather is moving in and there's nothing better than having a bowl of hearty soup, and this one is a winner! We even added some steamed green beans and rice from last nights dinner to the recipe, which made it very easy to make.

Cooking healthy meals for the family is our goal.  We hope you enjoy this hearty vegetable and rice soup, from our table to yours!  Bon Appetite!


Hearty Low Calorie Vegetable Rice Soup

• 3 Tbsp. olive oil
• 1 large onion - peeled, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves
• 3 carrots- peeled, chopped
• 2 celery stalks - chopped
• 1 ripe tomato - chopped
• 1 cup frozen corn
• 2 cups green beans - steamed, chopped
• 1 sweet potato- peeled, chopped
• 32 ounces All Natural vegetable stock
• 2 cups water
• 1+ 1/2  cups already cooked rice
• salt and black pepper

In a large soup pot, heat olive oil.
Add the chopped onion and garlic cloves.
Saute for about 5 minutes, until the onion is translucent.
Add the vegetable stock, water, rice and all the vegetables.
Add some salt and pepper. Cover.

Bring soup to boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 20 minutes, or until the carrots are tender.
Taste for salt.
Remove the garlic cloves before serving.
Ladle into bowls and serve.

Serves 6