This is our family’s very favourite vegetable soup to have at winter time.
The flavours are so yummy and the addition of a little barley helps fill us up. The secret ingredient is the tamari and the seaweed!
Serve it with this super easy wheat-free damper, and you have an easy, nutritious meal for the whole family. Enjoy.
Very Good Vegetable Soup
Vital Stats: Dairy free, vegetarian, egg free, nut free
So this is what you need:
Use organic produce where you can!
1 onion
3 cloves of garlic
1/2 tablespoon oil (macadamia or coconut)
1 large zucchini (200g)
2 large carrots, scrubbed lightly
3-4 sticks of celery (150g)
200g pumpkin, peeled
1 medium potato, peeled (150g)
150g broccoli
3 bay leaves
2 tablespoons organic tamari
1 tablespoon organic tomato paste
1/2 cup barley
2 tablespoons seaweed flakes
2 x 400g cans Spiral organic diced tomatoes (their cans are BPA free)*
1 1/2 litres filtered water
6 tablespoons thermomix vege stock (or organic vege stock cubes)
gomasio* to serve
So, this is how you do it:
Chop all of the veges into a smallish dice (or use your thermomix on speed 5 for 3-4 seconds, working in batches). Cook off the onion and garlic with the oil in a large stock pot until just soft.
Chuck in all of the other ingredients. Bring to the boil and then cut it back to a gentle simmer. Cook for about 45 minutes to 1 hour or until all the veges and barley are soft. Remove the bay leaves. If your vege pieces are a little large, you can use a potato masher and gently mash the soup to get it to a nicer consistency.
Spoon into bowls. Sprinkle with the gomasio. Eat.
Wheat-Free Damper
Vital Stats: Wheat free, egg free, nut free
So, this is what you need:
1 cup wholemeal organic spelt flour
1/3 cup potato flour
1/3 cup brown rice flour
1/3 cup buckwheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 tablespoon dried garlic powder
1 tablespoon dried onion flakes
1 cup organic greek yoghurt
So, this is how you do it:
Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly and then stir in the yoghurt. Use a little water if you need to. Knead very lightly and then form into a loaf shape. You can spritz with water and sprinkle some seeds on top if you want.
Place on a baking paper lined tray. Bake in a moderate oven, 180 degrees celsius for 20-30 minutes or until it sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.
Cool slightly. Cut into generous slices. Eat.
I love hearing how you go with the recipes, so pop back and leave me a comment if you make it.
Do you like vegetable soup?
How great is that thermomix stock? My friend drops me in some now and then…this soup like delicious x
the thermomix stock is delicious! I can’t live without it now!
I have a 2 year old and 4 year old and when we have soup we always leave the bay leaves in and says whoever gets them is the champion lol They love it!
that’s a cute idea – like the sixpence in the plum pud !!!!
Just made a huge batch of this soup for our playgroup for Winter Solstice…. We all brought in veggies and I took my thermi to chop everything, turned out amazing. Kids and mums loved it! Thanks for a fantastic recipe and for the link to the budget organics website too!
that’s fabulous Stacey !! this is our favourite soup 🙂
Where do you get your seaweed flakes from?
the health food store, but you can get them at http://www.organicsonabudget.com.au
YUM!
Could you leave out the garlic and onion from the bread? 🙂
definitely Shannon 🙂