Vitamix : Simple and Nutritious 6 Vegetable soup

So following on from my earlier post today about my Vitamix Total Nutrition Center, I thought I would share with you a recipe for a soup that I’ve been tinkering with for lunches this week, simple and nutritious 6 vegetable soup.

All you need is the fresh ingredients below, your Vitamix, and no other pots and pans to make this. It’s a one pot wonder!

So for this recipe I used, and this was the order I also placed them in the blender.

2 cups of cold water -using the measuring container that comes with the Vitamix
2 carrots
1 stick of celery
1 clove of garlic
1 spring onion
handful of green beans
3 small tomatoes
1/4 of a yellow pepper
rosemary, and chives
1/2 a vegetarian stock cube
Seasoning, including a dash of Tabasco

As I added those ingredients in, I simply snapped the carrots and celery into smaller pieces, the rest went in whole.

To actually make the soup, is so simple. You pulse on a lower 1/2 speed, until all of the large pieces have broken down and the soup has started to come together. You then increase the speed to the maximum and leave for around 6 minutes. I need to invest in a little kitchen timer for this, as my memory is so poor, and I’m easily distracted.

Once those 6 minutes is up, take the lid off and you are left with a steaming hot delicious soup. This recipe is enough for two lunches, I saved half in one my new Ikea pots from my #LiveLagom project.

It’s definitely not a soup that my children would enjoy, as they prefer a creamier or tomato based soup, this tastes fresh healthy and virtuous! I’ve not forgotten them though, as the next recipe is one for them (and me) and they LOVE it!