ITALIA PRIMAVERA
Tomato Soup with Lemongrass & Lima Beans
Vegan, Gluten free
Posted on March 20th, 2015
This is one of my first vegan recipes which I created years ago and everyone who tried it absolutely loved it; at least until now. Ha ha ha!
But seriously now, the savory taste inspired by Italian cuisine with an addition of the lemon grass, gives this soup an exotic twist. I guess I could call the lemon grass my secret ingredient, since it is not commonly used in Italian cuisine. Well I like to be adventures when comes to cooking. I usually make a double the amount of the recipe, since I like to have it in the fridge for couple of days. You can even eat it cold at summertime, it is similar to gazpacho. Tomatoes however are even healthier when cooked so you definitely getting highly nutritious vegan meal.
Italia Primavera Recipe
Author: Lena Novak - Lena's Vegan Living
Recipe type: Soup
Prep time 20min Cooking time 40min Total time 60min
Serves 4
Ingredients
Tomatoes 5cups (diced)
Asparagus 1/2 bundle
Lima bean 1cup (frozen)
Mushrooms 1cup sliced
Onion diced
Garlic 4 cloves minced
Oil ¼ cup (preferably organic canola)
Lemon grass 2 sticks (cut to 1/2" length)
Fresh Basil 1/2cup
Cayenne pepper to taste
Black pepper to taste
Dry garlic minced or powder to taste
Apple Cider vinegar to ½ cup or adjust to your taste
Himalayan Pink salt to taste
Process
In the saucer with a cup of water, lemon grass and salt tobring the tomatoes to boil
Turn down the heat and let it simmer for 40 minutes. Add more water if need it, but not too much.
Sauté onions and garlic
Sauté mushrooms with black pepper (separately from the onions and garlic)
Cut the asparagus on smaller pieces and steam them (make sure you don’t overcook them, they get softer in the soup)
When tomatoes are ready, add the lima beans to the soup 5 minutes before you add everything else.
After that add the sauté onions/garlic and mushrooms
On the end, add the apple cider vinegar, minced dry garlic and fresh basil leafs ( whole or chopped), stir thoroughly one more time
I really hope you will try this delicious soup and you will add it to your recipe list. I would also love to get your feedback.
Bon Appetit
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