21-ingredient Vegetable Soup

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 8 ounces baby lima beans, dried, rinsed and picked over
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 large leek, thoroughly cleaned, wihte part chopped, green part removed
• 1 bunch fresh dill, trimmed anc coarsely chopped (1 cup packed)
• 1 (6 ounce) package vegetable soup mix, such as manishewitz
• 1 small celery root
• 1 medium rutabaga
• 4 ounces pearl barley, rinsed and picked over
• 4 ounces dried split peas, rinsed and picked over
• 1 large sweet onion, chopped
• 2 lbs carrots, thinly sliced
• 3 cups celery, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded and chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded and chopped
• 2 parsnips, thinly sliced
• 1 (1 lb) eggplant, cut into 1/2 inch dice
• 1 large sweet potato, cut into 1/2 inch dice
• 2 tablespoons kosher salt
• 3/4 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
• 3 medium zucchini, thinly sliced
• 10 ounces frozen green beans
• 10 ounces frozen corn
• 10 ounces frozen peas

Recipe

• 1 put lima beans in small saucepan and cover with water. bring to boil. reduce heat, cover and simmer for 2 minutes. remove pan from heat and allow to steam, covered, for at least 1 hour.
• 2 tie garlic, green part of leek and chopped dill in cheesecloth bag.
• 3 combine soup mix - not packet - with 5 quarts/litres water in large stockpot, at least 12 quart.
• 4 add celery root, rutabaga and cheesecloth bag and bring to boil.
• 5 reduce heat and simmer, cover, for 30 minutes.
• 6 drain lima beans and add to stockpot. stir in barley, split peans, onion, carrots, celery, peppers, parsnips, eggplant, sweet potato, 1 tablespoons salt and 1/2 teaspoons pepper. bring back to boil. then reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes.
• 7 add zucchini and continue to simmer, covered, for 40 minutes more.
• 8 stir frozen vegetables into soup along with flavouring packet. bring back to boil.
• 9 reduce heat and simmer, covered, until vegetables are cooked to your liking, about 10 minutes.
• 10 add remaining 1 tablespoons salt and 1/4 teaspoons pepper.
• 11 remove celery root, rutabaga and cheesecloth packet before serving.
• 12 blend a little.