Tonight Catlin and I made a big pot of soup to eat at different times this week. It is a recipe from the Moosewood Cookbook. This is a vegetarian cookbook that is my absolute favorite. All the recipes use tons of fresh vegtables and other interesting combinations. The author also hand wrote and illustrated the entire cookbook. Love it!
The recipe was really simple. I change a few things however to take the Weight Watcher point value down.
- Two medium tomatoes
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil (I changed it from 2 table spoons)
- 2 cups chopped onions
- 3 medium cloves of garlic
- 2 stalks celery
- 2 cups diced sweet potato
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. paprika
- 1 tsp. tumeric (i didn't have any, and it still tasted fine)
- 1 tsp. basil
- dash of cinnamon and cayenne
- 3 cups water
- 1 medium bell pepper
- 1 1/2 cups cooked chick peas
Catlin chopped up all the veggies except the tomato, bell pepper, and chick peas and added them to a pot with the olive oil over medium high heat.
After letting the onion get soft (about ten minutes) The water and spices were added. This was left to simmer for 15 minutes. After that the remaining vegtables were added. It is done whenever they are soft enough for you! The spices can be tweaked and the vegtables can be substitued.
The weight watcher value for 1 serving (out of 6) was 7. I tweaked a few amounts and got it down to 3 points per serving. Pretty good. It was filling too.Next time I will try to update with pictures of the apartment!
Rebekah
