It's Getting To Be Soup Weather!

I love being able to cook soup in the crockpot all day long and letting it make the whole house smell good! Then just add some crusty bread, maybe a salad and you have a yummy meal with little effort.

Last night I just threw a few things in the crock and it came out yummy! Here's what I did:

4 cups veggie broth

2 cups water

1 onion diced

3-4 carrots sliced

2 zucchini diced

3 stalks celery sliced

4 garlic cloves pressed

1 can diced tomatoes with juice

1 can white kidney beans drained

1 can red kidney beans drained

2 tsp oregano

1 tsp salt

1 tbl sugar

thinly sliced cabbage

1-2 cups cooked noodles(I used macaroni shaped)

fresh Parmesan cheese

a dab pesto sauce

First I sauteed the onion, garlic, carrots and celery in a little olive oil until the onions were clear then added to the crock pot with the broth, water, tomatoes, seasonings and beans. I cooked on low most of the day(6-7 hours) then I turned to high and added the zucchini, cabbage and cooked noodles and cooked for about another hour. To serve I added just a dab of pesto sauce and some fresh Parmesan cheese to each bowl(the fresh Parmesan is really a must in my opinion!)

My oldest and youngest did turn their noses up to it, but my middle son couldn't get enough, he even ate it for breakfast this morning!

I served with some garlic bubble loaf bread(search archives under bread for recipe)