Soup Recipe(s): Two in One

Here are a couple of my own soup creations.  I've been making this vegetarian vegetable soup for several years.  It's easy and delicious; low in calories and high in fiber.

Vegetarian Vegetable Soup

1 yellow squash, cubed
1 zucchini, cubed
1 large onion, diced
1 or 2 peppers, any color, diced
1 large can V-8 juice
1 can diced tomatoes 

Chop up the vegetables, open up the cans and dump them all in a pot and cook together until vegetables are soft.  Serve with crusty bread.  No sauteeing, no oil; just vegetables cooked in juice.  Yum.

Have that for lunch on Monday and then, with the leftovers, make Spicy Seafood Gumbo.

Spicy Seafood Gumbo 

Take the leftover soup out of the 'fridge, dump it in the food processor and puree until smooth.  While the soup is heating up, make two servings of rice in a separate pan according to package directions.

When the pureed soup is good and hot, add:

1 package of thawed, raw, diced fish filets (I use  orange roughy or red snapper because they are hearty and can stand up to stirring better than a delicate fish.) 

1 8 oz bag of frozen shrimp (since they are already cooked, you can add them frozen; they'll quickly thaw and heat through)

1 bag of frozen mussels with garlic and wine sauce (microwave while rice is cooking and soup is heating.  Remove mussels from shells and toss into the soup along with the sauce)

Sometimes I add scallops if I have them. 

Don't stir for at least five minutes to give the fish a chance to cook.  It doesn't take long!

Add cayenne pepper to taste (We like it HOT!)

Add the rice to the soup (don't rinse), stir the soup together and serve.

Comments

[ellen b]

What a brilliant idea to use V8. These both sound wonderful...

[ukrainiac]

I'll have to figure out what to substitute for V8, but what a great recipe! Love simplicity. And then to use it AGAIN in a whole new way is brilliant. Thanks.
You could easily substitute tomato juice--in fact I started making this soup using tomato juice and switched to V8 when I didn't have tomato juice in the cupboard and only had V8. I liked V8 better, but tomato juice works just fine.