Slow Cooker Cabbage Soup
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Slow Cooker Cabbage Soup
Description
This slow cooker cabbage soup uses a medley of diced vegetables such as onion, garlic, carrots, chopped cabbage, celery, green beans, and bell peppers, combined with diced tomatoes, tomato paste, and low-sodium broth. Italian seasoning, bay leaves, and freshly cracked black pepper provide herbaceous notes without overpowering the natural flavors. The extended cooking time in the slow cooker softens the vegetables while maintaining some texture.
The fresh parsley, basil, and spinach are added near the end of cooking to preserve their color and fresh herbal properties, contributing brightness to the soup. The result is a warming, vegetable-rich broth that is satisfying on its own or as a starter.
This soup serves well as a light meal or accompaniment and can be enhanced with bread or crackers as desired. The variety of vegetables provides both nutrition and diverse textures in every spoonful.
Ingredients
- 1 small onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup carrot diced
- 4 cups green cabbage approx. ¼ head of cabbage, chopped
- 2 ribs celery chopped
- 1 cup green beans chopped in 1 inch pieces
- 2 bell pepper red, green, or orange, chopped
- 28 ounces diced tomatoes canned
- 6 cups vegetable broth or chicken broth, low sodium
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 bay leaf
- 1 ½ teaspoons Italian seasoning
- black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon parsley chopped, fresh
- 1 tablespoon basil chopped, fresh
- 2 cups spinach chopped, fresh
Instructions
- Combine all vegetables in a large crock pot.
- Add canned tomatoes, broth, tomato paste, bay leaves, italian seasoning, pepper and stir to combine.
- Cover and cook on high for 5 hours or on low for 8 hours.
- Once cooked, add parsley, basil and spinach and cook for 5 minutes more.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 14cups
Amount Per Serving
Calories 41 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 41 | 2% |
| Carbohydrates | 7g | 2% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 70mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 283mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 2631IU | 53% |
| Vitamin C | 34mg | 38% |
| Calcium | 33mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
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