Vegetable Quinoa Soup @TinaKashian1 #Giveaway

Hello from TINA KASHIAN! I love soup in the colder weather months. I’ve tried different recipes for split pea, bean soup, broccoli cheddar, minestrone, and more. I shared a recipe for Mediterranean lentil soup here. Today, I'm sharing a recipe for vegetable quinoa soup that I discovered on Pinterest. I modified it for my tastes. I wasn’t sure about the quinoa, but it “melted” into the soup and the recipe came out delicious. I’ll share more soup recipes as the winter months approach.

Ingredients:

2 medium carrots or 8 baby carrots, diced

2 stalks celery, diced

1 small onion, diced

¼ head of cabbage, chopped (I used a mini cabbage)

2 zucchini, diced

1 can (14 0z) diced tomatoes with juices

2 cans (14 oz) beans of choice, drained and rinsed

1/3 cup dry quinoa

2 teaspoons herbes de provence

½ teaspoon garlic powder

6 cups water or vegetable broth

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

In a large pot, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil and add onions, carrots and celery. Sauté for five minutes. Add the herbs for the last minute.

Add remaining ingredients.

Bring to a boil, cover, then turn heat to low and simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Taste for seasonings and add more salt and pepper if you prefer. Enjoy!

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Tina Kashian writes the Kebab Kitchen Mediterranean mystery series, and her first book, Hummus and Homicide, spent six weeks on the B&N bestseller list. Tina is an attorney and a mechanical engineer whose love of reading for pleasure helped her get through years of academia. Tina spent her childhood summers at the Jersey shore building sandcastles, boogie boarding, and riding the boardwalk Ferris wheel. She also grew up in the restaurant business, as her Armenian parents owned a restaurant for thirty years. Tina still lives in New Jersey with her supportive husband and two daughters.

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