Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Soup Weather

Welcome to Wednesday!

First things first, this tea......is amazing!  If it did not make me sleepy, as the name implies, I think I would drink it all day long.  After tossing and turning until 3:30 AM on Monday morning I was paranoid that I would never sleep again.  So, enter sleepy time tea.  I went with the wellness version since my throat had been a little scratchy too.  Wouldn't you know that after I drank a cup of this tea on Monday evening I slept like a champ and my scratchy throat was gone in the morning.  Yeah, the tea is awesome.

tea

Now onto yet another delicious soup from Chelsey over at Clean Eating Chelsey. I actually meant to make this in the crock pot but in my sleeplessness I forgot to turn the thing on before leaving for work.  Ooops.  That meant I moved everything into a pot and cooked it on the stove for about an hour.

cabbage soup

You Will Need:

I Quart Vegetable Broth ( I actually used 1 Quart of Vegetable Broth and 1 Cup of Chicken Broth)

2 Cans Stewed Tomatoes

2 Carrots Chopped

1 Onion, Diced

1 Tbsp olive oil

1 red pepper, Diced (I used a yellow pepper.  It may have made the soup a little sweet so you could always use a green pepper to tone that down a bit)

2 Cups frozen Italian green beans

4 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 head cabbage, shredded

salt, pepper, garlic, oregano, and basil to taste.

I poured the olive oil in the bottom of the soup pot and then sautéed the garlic and onions over low heat until the onions were transparent.  I then added the remaining ingredients to the pot and brought the soup to a boil.  Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for one hour.

I'm sure this is crock pot-able (i think I just made up a word).  Simply sauté the onions and garlic then place all ingredients in the crock pot and cook on low 4-6 hours. Had I remembered to turn mine on I could have told you how well it works, maybe next time!

I hope you all have a wonderful day.  I'll be back on Friday for the High Five For Friday link party, hope to see you then!

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