Garlic Vegetable Soup

This is a great tasting soup recipe shown to me by my Auntie Ethel Sabourin. It's a vegetable soup, but you add the garlic at the end to give it a strong garlicky flavor.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
• Calories: 194 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup elbow macaroni
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 2 (14.5 ounce) cans peeled and diced tomatoes
• 3 ½ cups water
• ¼ medium head cabbage, shredded

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Saute the carrots, celery and cabbage in the oil for about 8 minutes, stirring well.

Step 2

Raise heat to high and pour in the broth, tomatoes and water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 1 hour.

Step 3

Remove lid, stir in macaroni and heat for 5 minutes, or until macaroni is tender. Remove from heat and stir in the garlic and ground black pepper.