Vegetable Soup

A delicious recipe for vegetable soup.

Recipe Ingredients:

3 tablespoons vegetable oil, butter or margarine
1/4 cup diced celery
1/4 cup diced carrot
2 tablespoons minced onion
2 tablespoons diced sweet red pepper
4 cups water
4 teaspoons vegetable base or bouillon granules
1/4 cup frozen corn
1/4 cup frozen peas
1/2 cup peeled, diced and cooked potatoes
1 small tomato, seeded and diced
2 teaspoons dried basil
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Cooking Directions:

1. Sauté celery, carrot, onion and red pepper in oil until onion is softened.
2. Add water, vegetable base or bouillon granules, corn, peas and potatoes. Bring to boil. Simmer until vegetables are heated through.
3. Add tomatoes and basil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Simmer for 5 minutes more and serve.

Makes 4 servings.