Crock Pot Vegetable Soup
User Reviews
5
Crock Pot Vegetable Soup
Description
This vegetable soup blends common garden vegetables like onion, celery, carrots, and Yukon Gold potatoes with fire-roasted canned tomatoes and frozen mixed vegetables, providing varied textures and flavors. The combination of bay leaves, garlic, thyme, black pepper, salt, and Italian seasoning imparts herbal and aromatic notes throughout the cooking process.
Cooking in a slow cooker at low temperature for six hours allows the vegetables to release their flavors and soften while melding with the vegetable stock, creating a broth that has complexity and body without being heavy. The gradual simmer extracts taste from the herbs and enhances the tomatoes’ natural sweetness.
Serve the soup warm, ideally accompanied by crusty bread that complements the broth and adds texture. The soup offers an easy, make-ahead option for a nourishing lunch or dinner, especially on cooler days.
The recipe is straightforward, requiring minimal preparation and hands-off cooking time, making it convenient for busy days. Adjust salt and pepper at the end to taste to achieve balanced seasoning.
Ingredients
- 1 onion chopped (I use frozen diced onion, large
- 3 celery chopped, stalks
- 2 carrot peeled and chopped
- 3 potato peeled and diced into small pieces, medium Yukon Gold
- 2 fire roasted tomatoes 14.5 oz, canned
- 1 mixed vegetables 12 oz, frozen bag
- 2 bay leaf
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme dried
- 2 teaspoon garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 8 cups vegetable stock
Instructions
- Place everything in the slow cooker. I used a 6 quart crock pot.
- Cook on low for 6 hours or until potatoes are soft. (You can cook on high but reduce time.)
- Salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
- Serve the soup warm accompanied by crusty bread for a complete meal.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 6Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 165 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 165kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 35g | 12% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Sodium | 1905mg | 79% |
| Potassium | 660mg | 14% |
| Fiber | 7g | 28% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 7505IU | 150% |
| Vitamin C | 23.1mg | 26% |
| Calcium | 109mg | 11% |
| Iron | 5.2mg | 29% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
You'll Also Love
