As we are getting back into the swing of things here in chilly Indiana, the family decided it was time for a big batch of our favorite veggie soup.

Truth be told, we take the Sandra Lee approach to this soup… a little semi homemade…

So I grabbed my favoritest new soup everything pot and poured 32 oz of whole tomatoes in and heated them up…

Add 1 cup frozen yellow squash

1 sliced zucchini

Toss in 3 cloves garlic… don’t worry about chopping them up… we will take care of that in a second.

Now add in 3 chopped carrots

Now we are going to put a lid on it and cook until all the veggies are tender.

While that is cooking up, get your chop on…

Chop up 1 zucchini, 2 carrots, 3 celery ribs and 1/2 head of cabbage into bite size pieces.

Oh, and one onion…

Then rinse off about 2 cups of fresh spinach

By now, your veggies should be ready. So, grab a hand blender or pour your contents into a regular blender and make the veggies into a puree.

Now we have a base for our soup.

Now let’s add another jar of tomatoes (32 oz)

Add in your spinach

And your chopped veggies

2 Cups Broth

Add in 2 Cups frozen veggie soup mix

Add salt and pepper to taste…

Then add 1 t parsley, 1 t basil and 1 t thyme and an optional 1 t cumin.

Let that all simmer covered for 30-40 minutes.

While that is cooking, go ahead and chop up the rest of those veggies and toss them in the freezer.

Then uncover your pot and enjoy!

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