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Slow-cooker harvest vegetable soup with beans

September 28, 10:47 PMChicago Easy Meals ExaminerJudy Cheske
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Slow-Cooker Harvest Vegetable Soup with Beans
Slow-Cooker Harvest Vegetable Soup with Beans

This is a delicious fresh-tasting soup that uses vegetables you may still have growing in your garden. Even if you don't, buy some and make this soup anyway! Home-grown or not, the fresh vegetables give this soup a rich taste. I still have lots of cherry tomatoes and I was happy to dump 2 cups of them into this soup.

 

And I am very proud of my carrots. This was the first year I have ever grown carrots and I am happy to report that they grew! I really had my doubts. The seeds are so tiny. But they grew like regular carrots -- and taste much more intense - sharp and sweet. They keep their fresh taste, along with the tomatoes, zucchini and basil (yes, I still have lots of fresh basil), and they hold up well even after 10 hours of cooking.

I used dried beans because the long cooking time is perfect and the taste is wonderful.

 

Adapted from A Year of Slow Cooking, but using some different vegetables and excluding pasta.

 

  • Chicken or Vegetable broth - 4 cups
  • Tomato Sauce - 1 cup
  • Water - 1 cup
  • Onion - 1. chopped medium
  • Zucchini - 4 small, cut into 1/8 inch rounds
  • Corn - 2 cups (I used fresh, uncooked off the cob but frozen would work)
  • Cherry Tomatoes - 2 cups (or chopped regular tomatoes)
  • White Beans - 1/3 cup (I used great northern; you could used canned, drained)
  • Carrots - 1 cup, sliced
  • Oregano - 1 tsp. dried or fresh
  • Basil - 2 Tblsps., fresh or dried
  • Salt and pepper to taste.
  1. Place all of the ingredients in the Crock-Pot and mix well.
  2. Cover and cook on low for 8-12 hours.

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