How to Make the Best Gluten Free Homemade Vegetable Soup
When you think of homemade vegetable soup what tasty veggies come to mind? Would you consider making vegetable soup with cabbage? You certainly should! This healthy vegetable soup recipe is gluten-free and also falls into the clean eating lifestyle that I like to follow.
Healthy Vegetable Soup Recipe
What You Will Need (Full Printable Recipe Available Below)
Ingredients:
- 1 (64 oz) bottle Spicy Tomato Juice (V8 or similar)
- 3 stalks celery (chopped)
- 5 Roma tomatoes (chopped)
- 3 large carrots (chopped)
- 2 cups green beans (ends removed & chopped)
- 1 head cabbage (core removed & chopped)
- 1 (15 oz) can garbanzo beans (AKA chickpeas)
- 4 cups of water
- 3 cloves garlic (chopped)
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- salt & pepper to taste
How to Make Easy Vegetable Soup
This easy vegetable soup recipe is delicious, gluten-free and ‘clean’ for those following a healthy lifestyle.
First things first. Let’s gather your vegetable soup ingredients. We are making a tomato based vegetable soup with cabbage. Make sure to use as many fresh and organic vegetables that you can. And for the spicy tomato juice, try to find one that is as clean as possible and minimally processed. Also, watch the sodium content because some tomato juices are high in sodium. Read the labels and use your best judgment. The same goes for the garbanzo beans, read the label and aim for the one where the only ingredient is garbanzo beans. We don’t need or want added unnecessary ingredients.
Directions for How to Make Vegetable Soup
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- Cut and chop all of your vegetables. I like to do all the cutting, chopping and measuring ahead of time. This way I don’t feel rushed to get them ready for the pot. Some days I get fancy and measure out my dry ingredients, like spices and put them in little glass ramekinsย bowls, just like they do on the cooking shows on TV.ย
- In a large (8qt) stock pot, like this one here, heat the olive oil.
- Add the carrots,ย onions, and celery to the pot
- Cook for a few minutes until fragrant.
- Next, add the water, spicy tomato juice, garlic, tomatoes, green beans, cabbage, and garbanzo beans (chickpeas).
- Once you have all of your vegetable soup ingredients in the pot go ahead and add your salt and pepper to taste.
- Bring the homemade vegetable soup to a boil, stir and simmer covered for about 1-2 hours. If you would prefer a shorter simmer time, you can shop your veggies and cabbage into smaller pieces.
Serve and enjoy. This easy vegetable soup recipe will surely warm you up on a cold winters day. The fact that it’s packed with vegetables making it a healthy vegetable soup is just a bonus.
Homemade Healthy Vegetable Soup Recipe (Printable Version)
Homemade Vegetable Soup
Homemade vegetable soup with cabbage. You will love this healthy vegetable soup recipe. It is gluten-free, vegan and a clean eating soup recipe too
Ingredients
- 64 oz spicy tomato juice
- 3 stalks celery, chopped
- 5 roma tomatoes, chopped
- 3 large carrots, chopped
- 2 cups green beans, ends removed and chopped
- 1 head cabbage, core removed and chopped
- 15 oz garbanzo beans , aka chickpeas
- 4 cups water
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large (8qt) stock pot, heat olive oil and add carrots, onions, and celery.
- Cook for a few minutes until fragrant
- Add water, juice, garlic, tomatoes, green beans, cabbage, and garbanzo beans.
- Add Salt and pepper to taste
- Bring to a boil, stir and simmer covered for about 1-2 hours
- *tips- to reduce simmer time, chop veggies and cabbage into smaller pieces