Green Velvet Soup

Name: Green Velvet Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3/4 cup split peas; 1 onion, chopped; 2 stalks celery, diced; 4 cups zucchini, diced; 1 bay leaf; 1/4 teaspoon basil; 1/8 teaspoon pepper; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 lb spinach, washed and chopped; 1/4 cup parsley, chopped

Submitted by Kendra PeloJoaquin

"I got this recipe from The Zen Monastery Cookbook written by the Monks at the Zen Monastery Practice Center Under the Guidance of Cheri Huber. It's a great recipe and a great book of vegetarian recipes. The soup is very simple, delicious and makes a good side dish, like a tomato soup might. It's totally vegan, but if you are not, you might add farm cheese chunks or a dollop of sour cream."

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Ready In:: 1hr 30mins
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 6

ingredients

³⁄₄ cup split peas
1 onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, diced
4 cups zucchini, diced
1 bay leaf
¹⁄₄ teaspoon basil
¹⁄₈ teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoons salt
1 lb spinach, washed and chopped
¹⁄₄ cup parsley, chopped

directions

1. Place the split peas, onion, celery, and bay leaf in a soup pot with enough water to cover it all by an inch. Bring to a boil and simmer for an hour or more, or until the peas have disintegrated. Add water if needed.
2. Remove the bay leaf, then add the remaining ingredients, return to a simmer, and cook until the zucchini is tender (about five minutes).
3. Puree everything in a blender, then return to the soup pot, add water as needed, and serve hot.

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Reviews

There's lots to love about this soup. The nutrition, ease of the recipe, the color, love the color. My only issue is it tastes a little flat like it needs a squeeze of lemon or something to brighten it up and then it's a total 5 star recipe for me. I'm so glad I tried this healthy recipe. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

Lucky in Bayview

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Kendra PeloJoaquin

Seattle, WA

I learned to cook at a very early age, and like my teacher (mother) I am famous for cooking without recipes. This habit makes for unique delicious *unrepeatable* meals. My plan is to use this site in a way that neither my mother or myself have ever learned to use paper and pen; to record my "concoctions" for posterity.

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