Cream Of Fresh Vegetable Soup (vegetarian)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil (or other heart healthy oil)
• 4 -8 garlic cloves (depending on preference)
• 1 yellow onion, sliced
• 2 cups cubed potatoes
• 2 -4 cups mixed vegetables (carrots, frozen peas, parsnips, celery)
• 2 tablespoons roasted vegetable stock base (or one package of kombu stock, my favorite)
• 2 cups water (or 1 and 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup wine)
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 -2 tablespoon fresh herb (or more, basil, cilantro, green onion, and or rosemary)
• 1 cup 1% low-fat milk or 1 cup 2% low-fat milk
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• cracked pepper, and salt as desired

Recipe

• 1 saute garlic, onion and potatoes in butter/olive oil until onions are translucent over medium heat.
• 2 add parsnips and carrots, cook for 3-5 minutes. (add wine and/or rosemary here if you are going to).
• 3 pour water into pan with preferred stock base and add garlic and onion powder. add celery. cook until potatoes are soft.
• 4 add peas.
• 5 add fresh herbs.
• 6 mix milk and cornstarch and add slowly, cook for a few more minutes until hot and thick. (if not thick enough add more cornstarch mixed with cold water).
• 7 add salt and pepper to taste
• 8 serve and enjoy!