Bean and Veggie Soup

This soup is scruuumy! 

One of the reasons I had for choosing to follow the OMS diet instead of Terry Wahl's Diet, wasn't so that I could eat sugar... it was so that I could eat LEGUMES!!!! I can NOT live without legumes.. sorry, impossible! Before I found OMS, I was almost crying at the thought that I would never be able to eat beans again. So you can imagine my joy when finding OMS. There were other perks as well, and I AM following many parts of Terry Wahl's diet also, but not this part. NEVER.

So this is a soup I have made many times before, though then I've added bullion cubes(Knorr or Oxo), and sometimes also heavy cream to make it extra rich. In reading the ingredients for the cubes, there are plenty of things that I should be avoiding on the list. So I went to my local healthfood shop and found a sugar and yeast free bullion as a substitute. Worked a treat! The cream I could be without, but I need my flavourkick! So happy to have this addition to my herb and spice cabinet!

Bean & Veggie Soup

-Extra Virgin Olive Oil

-2 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)

-1 onion (finely chopped)

-2 celery sticks (finely chopped)

-3 carrots (finely grated)

-1 tin of chopped tomatoes

-500-1000 ml of hot water (depending on desired consistency)

-1-2 Tbsp of bullion powder (depending on amount of water)

-2 tins of mixed beans

-Salt & pepper to taste

-Extra Virgin Olive Oil

-Handful of chopped coriander/cilantro

Sweat the garlic and onions in a little bit of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, add the celery and carrots and let cook for a further 5 min until it starts to go soft. Add the tomatoes, bullion and 500 ml of water. Bring to the boil and then add the rinsed beans. Add salt and pepper to taste. At this point you can get your mixer out if you want a smoother soup like the one in the picture, but you can also leave as is. with kids however it's always good to hide some of the veggies that might not be their favorite (in Ellie's case: Onions). I top the soup with a "glug" of EV-Olive oil and some chopped fresh coriander (thank you Linda for the tip)! Coriander is my new ketchup(put it on anything)!!! Love it!

Eat this soup with a side of toasted Gluten, Dairy, Yeast and Eggyolk free bread and you're set! Recipe for that bread (yes it is possible to make a yummy bread without those ingredients) is coming soon!

Good luck!

Josefine