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August 14, 2009

Vegetable Soup

Contributed by Kathy Karns-White, Hilltop II Ward

Simple and economical

Ingredients:
1 - 46 oz. can tomato juice 
2 - #2 ½ cans diced tomatoes 
2 - #2 ½ cans cut green beans
2 - #2 ½ cans kidney beans
1 - #2 can refried beans
1 large onion chopped
1 or 2 cloves garlic, minced
½ c. chopped celery
3 small Zucchini, sliced 
1 c. sliced cabbage or bokchoy
Black pepper to taste

Directions:
  • Simmer tomato juice, tomatoes, & raw vegetables until tender. 
  • Add remaining ingredients and simmer to boiling making sure the refried beans are mixed well into the soup to give it body.
  • Serve