Good Vegetarian Vegetable/bean Soup Recipe?

Good for you for choosing a healthful way to get healthy! I love soups too and could eat them year round. I tend to improvise A LOT when I cook and generally just use recipes as a guide. So here is one I found and have improvised it as I go along.

Rustic Tomato Lentil Soup
-As much garlic as you can stand - minced
-1 medium onion diced
-3 medium carrots - diced
-2 stalks of celery - chopped
-2 TBSP olive oil
-6 cups vegetable stock- *I will just use 1 carton which is about 4 1/2 cups
-1 - 28 ounce can diced tomatoes
-2 cups cooked or canned lentils. *my grocery story has some already cooked in with the produce.
-1 cup dry pasta - any short kind
-1 - 6 ounce can of tomato paste

In a large soup pan saute the vegetables in the oil until the onions are translucent.
Add the stock, tomatoes, tomato paste and lentils.
Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low and simmer 20-30 minutes.
Add pasta and simmer another 20 minutes or so until done.

I really don't add salt and pepper to anything as a I cook. But tend to play with herbs and spices. This one does well with a little bit of Italian type spices such as basil and oregano. It really has enough natural salt for my taste with the tomato products.

The original recipe didn't call for the tomato paste, but I accidentally opened a can one time and went ahead and added it. I liked the way it thickened it up and added flavor.
Because I don't use the entire 6 cups of stock and add the tomato paste, sometimes I'll add a little bit of water but I tend to like a thicker soup.

Good Luck!

My DIL is vegan, here's one of her soup recipes.
http://vegobsession.com/2011/06/26/roasted-bellpeppercarr...

I came up with this simple bean soup recipe that everyone loves. I don't have exact measurements of ingredients, but it's something like this

1-2 cans drained black beans
1-2 can drained chick peas
2 cans diced tomatoes (buy w/ Italian seasoning OR add your own Italian seasoning)
1 box chicken stock (or vegetable stock)
olive oil (few Tbsp.)

Heat until warm...don't let it boil or the beans will split.
Great as leftovers and goes very well with salad and breadsticks. Also good topped with sliced cheddar cheese. I find this soup to be very filling as well!

I don't know what it is called by it is healthy and delicious. I don't have measurements because everything I do is in huge amounts (I'm Italian lol) so you can judge for yourself.

In a pot line the bottom with olive oil. saute onion, garlic, until soft, add diced zucchini, diced leeks, fresh baby spinach, and saute for a few minutes. Add chicken broth, and let cook for about 40 minutes until veggies are soft. Add Salt, pepper, garlic powder. At the end add one can of tomato paste and a can of cannellini beans with juice and let cook a few more minutes. You can also boil past separately and add at the end (keep it a little hard so it doesn't get mushy because soup will continue to cook it) Now I'm hungry lol!! Add parmessan cheese if you like it at the end. It is really good!! And healthy. Of course without the pasta is is less calories but it is good either way.

Lentil soup is so good. Surprisingly my kids even love it.

In a pot:

Saute finely chopped onion (small or medium, depending how many people are going to eat)

-1 carrot finely chopped

-table spoon olive oil or more

-In your saute, add your lentils. Mix them thoroughly so they can get the flavor of the onion.

-Add water, a little salt, pepper. Boil on low fire for about 30 minutes or until well cooked.

-Add a tablespoon of plain tomato sauce. Don't put the flavored tomato sauces. Just plain.

Upon serving, add a teaspoon of vinegar and mix it.
If you want to get a bit fancy; when your lentil soup is nice and hot in your bowl, add a bit of feta cheese on top and eat away.

Giant white beans are good too:

Put beans in water over night to soften.
Day after:
-Cut a handful of parsley
-olive oil (table spoon or more)
-finely chopped onion
-salt, pepper,
-put in pan with water
-place in oven for about 40 minutes. When they are about ready, add a tomato sauce, not too much since you don't want them to dry out, you want to keep the beans moist so keep adding a little water.

Serve and eat!

I saute onion, carrot and garlic in olive oil.....Then add a can of diced tomatoes (Italian) with a box of vegetable broth and then add whatever your in the mood for.....squash, zucchini, mushroom, spinach, beans......Add some dry basil, simmer for 20 minutes and then put in a dash or two of hot sauce!! hmmmm

I make this vegetable soup in a crock pot. for the veggies, just put in what you want and how much you want. I usually cut up stew meat and put it in but you don't have too. Add as much water as you think. Below is what I usually do. You can let cook all day on low.

2 cans tomato soup
1 can diced tomatoes
1 zucchini chopped up
1 carrot chopped up
1 onion cut up( I usually cut as much as I can before my eyes get irritated)
1 celery cut up
4 cups of water
You can also add in a beef bouillon cubed dissolved in a cup of water. I don't because my husband can't have MSG.
During the last 1/2 hour of cooking, add in a hand-ful of noodles
I also buy alphabet pasta to add in for fun. Just a little bit though.