Call me crazy but I love soup in the summer! Especially with all the fresh veggies from my garden. This one is a hearty, yet light summery soup that’ll make your taste buds sing! You can make this soup the way it is, or if your vegan/vegetarian its super easy to make it work for you. Just switch the sausage out for a sausage substitute (beyond, impossible), and switch the chicken broth to vegetable broth and you’re good to go. The recipe makes about 6 servings, and is so good re-heated so don’t worry if you have left-overs---but if you’re cooking for just a few just cut the recipe in half. I love making this on a rainy summer night, hope you guys enjoy!
Ingredients:
· 1 pack loose sausage meet (or sausage substitute)
· ¼ box orzo
· ¼ cup olive oil
· ½ sweet yellow onion, chopped
· 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
· ¼ cup chopped parsley
· ½ tsp red pepper flakes
· 6 vine tomatoes, cut in fours
· 1 pint cherry tomatoes, cut in half
· 2 cubanelle green peppers, chopped
· 1 ½ cups small potatoes cut into fours
· 2-3 carrots peeled and sliced
· 2 stalks celery sliced
· 1 – 1 ½ cups barley
· 3, 32 oz chicken broths
· 1 green zucchini, cut into bite size pieces
· 6-8 large leaves of kale, de-veined
· 2 cups, packed spinach
· Juice of 1 lemon
· Salt and Pepper to taste
Directions:
· First heat up the oil in a large soup pot, then saute the garlic and onion, until onions are clear and slightly golden, then add the parsley.
· Next add the pack of loose sausage meat (or sausage substitute), cook sausage almost completely then add all the cut tomatoes. Cook for a couple minutes.
· Now add the carrots, celery, potatoes, peppers---- cook for a few minutes then add the chicken broth, pepper flakes, and lemon juice.
· Add the barley and let simmer for 40 minutes
· Now add the orzo, and zucchini, let cook for 10-12 minutes.
· Next add the spinach and kale (make sure to take the vein out of the kale)
· Let simmer for another 5-10 minutes.
· Next, Enjoy! Add salt and pepper to taste
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