Homemade Fresh Vegetable Soup

The best easy, healthy, delicious recipe for Homemade Fresh Vegetable Soup made with a few basic pantry staples and whatever fresh veggies you have on hand. Be sure to check the comments for all the terrific reader suggestions and reviews!

 This soup is a staple in our house. It is my favorite way to use up all the little scraps of veggies hanging around in my crisper drawers. I have a bad habit of binge-buying all the pretty produce and then find myself in a total panic when I feel like stuff might start to go bad because ACK! I really hate waste.

Also I have so many happy memories attached to eating vegetable soup as a kid. It was canned, of course. Because I think in the 80’s cooking with fresh produce was not as stylish as cooking from a can. Or a box. Considering the 80’s were also a time that split ends and spandex were high style though, I think I am glad that my food and fashion have both progressed.

This homemade soup recipe is super basic and you can go lots of different ways with it, depending on what you have handy in your fridge.

So if your neighbor unloads a big bucket of summer squash on you, no worries! This fresh vegetable soup will totally solve that problem for you (and so will these summer squash recipes!).

I used organic canned tomatoes in my soup, but if you are one of those way-cooler-than-me people that cans your own tomatoes, please use those in this recipe. Also can I have a jar? Canning scares me.

Okay so here’s the deal: Like I said, I made this soup recipe REALLY basic. The vegetables I used were all fresh and sort of mimic those included in a regular can of soup. Potatoes, onion, corn, green beans, carrots, peas – so much good stuff! But this is just a recipe meant for you to build on. Be sure to check the comments for reader reviews and suggestions for things to add!

This is one of those meals I make when I haven’t thawed anything, I don’t feel like doing too much, and everyone is hungry so we need food fast. It’s also one of those meals I make when I haven’t been to the grocery store in a week and a half and I’m just trying to use up the staples and bits of stuff hanging around. Soup is really good for that. Not enough corn for everyone? Add it to soup. Only have a handful of peas? SOUP.

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Homemade Fresh Vegetable Soup

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

25 mins

Total time

35 mins

 

A cozy homemade soup full of fresh veggies that you can make in a pinch!!!

Author: Heather Tullos

Serves: 4 - 6

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 medium onion. chopped
• ½ cup carrots, peeled and chopped
• ¼ cup celery, chopped
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes (if you have your own canned tomatoes, GREAT!)
• 2 cups potatoes, scrubbed and diced
• 3 cups stock (vegetable, chicken, or beef)
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• ½ cup fresh sweet corn (you can use frozen if that's what you have available)
• 1 cup fresh sweet peas (frozen is fine)
• ½ cup fresh green beans, cut, ends snipped (frozen is fine)

Instructions

1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the onions and cook for about 2 minutes, until translucent. Then add the carrots and celery. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, for about 3 minutes.
2. Pour in the canned tomatoes and add the potatoes. Bring the liquid to a simmer. Pour in the stock. Bring it to a simmer. Add the salt and pepper {see notes} and continue cooking for about 8 minutes.
3. Add the corn, peas, and green beans. Continue cooking until all the vegetables are tender (check the potatoes).
4. Serve hot!
5. This is amazing re-heated and tastes good for days!

Notes

I use lots of fresh herbs from my garden in my cooking. This recipe was written with a low budget in mind and fresh herbs can be expensive if you cannot just walk outside and snip a few. The soup will be delicious as the recipe is written but if you would like to season it further feel free to add fresh parsley, oregano, and thyme. Dried Italian seasoning blends also work very well and so does poultry seasoning (which actually does not contain any poultry but is a very versatile herb blend).

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