Hearty Vegetable Soup

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup	59ml	Olive oil
2		Leeks - finely diced
2		Garlic cloves - minced
4		Carrots - finely diced
4		Celery stalks - finely diced
2		New boiling potatoes - finely diced (small)
1		Zucchini - finely diced (large)
1/4 cup	23g / 0.8oz	Minced parsley
6 cups	1422ml	Water - (to 8)
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
2 tablespoons	30ml	Fresh basil - thinly sliced
		Freshly-grated Parmesan

Recipe Instructions

In a large heavy pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the leeks, garlic, carrots, celery, potatoes, zucchini and parsley. Cook, stirring until tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Add the water, bring to a boil over high heat, reduce the heat and simmer, partially covered, 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Simmer 30 more minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the basil and simmer until the vegetables are soft, about 15 minutes more. Ladle 1 cup of soup into a blender and puree; return to the soup and mix well.

Ladle the soup into warm shallow soup bowls and serve with grated Parmesan.

This recipe yields 6 to 8 servings.

Each of 8 servings: 97 calories; 69 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 7 grams fat; 1 gram saturated fat; 9 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram protein; 1.88 grams fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 09-12-2001

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