Michelle's Cabbage Soup Recipe

Submitted by willowraven

Makes 12 servings

Variation of the "Cabbage Soup Diet" soup. If you don't have green onions, regular (yellow) onions work just as well. (Season to taste with salt, pepper, parsley, curry, garlic powder, etc. ) OPTIONAL: can add can of V8 juice. I don't like it so I don't put it in. ALSO: kielbasa is in recipe however if you have liguica or andoulle sausage, can use them instead. One serving = about 1 cup. Also, beans are optional - I use 1 big can of cannellini beans, drained (to lower sodium content). Mushrooms are 2 small cans of stems and pieces (also drained, to lower sodium). Kielbasa is one package (the one of the 1 long link). Couldn't get analyzer to accept 'cans' so its in oz.

Ingredients

3	large green onions
2	green peppers
1	cup frozen vegetables
130	g cannellini beans
21	oz Mushrooms, drained
3	stalks celery
1	head of cabbage
2	can chicken broth
10	cups water
16	oz kielbasa

Directions

Slice green onions, put in a pot and start to saute with cooking spray.
Cut green pepper stem end off and cut in half, take the seeds and membrane out. Cut the green-pepper into bite size pieces and add to pot.
Take the outer leafs layers off the cabbage, cut into bite size pieces, add to pot.
Open cans of beans and mushrooms, drain. Add mushrooms and beans to pot.
Dice up kielbasa into small, bite-sized pieces, add to soup.
If you would like a spicy soup, add a small amount of curry or cayenne pepper now.
You can use beef or chicken bouillon cubes for added seasonings. These have all the salt and flavors you will need.
Use about 12 cups of water (or 8 cups and the V8 juice, or 10 cups of water and 2 cans of canned broth, as I have it listed), cover and put heat on low. Let soup cook for a long time - two hours works well. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
*OPTIONAL: I have also used 6 cups of homemade chicken or turkey broth and 3-5 cups of water instead of the canned broth (or boullion) and 12 cups of water. Nutritional info should not be much different as turkey broth is 30 cals per cup.