Simple summer vegetable soup

 
                        SIMPLE SUMMER VEGETABLE SOUP
 
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 Serving Size  : 8    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Main dish                        Soups
                 Vegetables
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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    2       tb           Butter
    1       ea           Onion -- Md, Chopped
    2       ea           Carrots -- Md, Scrape & Sliced
    2       ea           Stalks Celery -- Sliced
    8       c            Chicken Broth
    2       ea           Tomatoes -- Md, Peel & Chop
    2       ea           Zucchini -- Md,Quarter & Slice
      1/2   c            String Beans Or Peas
    1       c            Spinach -- Fresh, *
    1       x            Salt & Pepper -- To Taste
 
   *    Wash and cut the fresh spinach into strips.
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   Melt the butter in a soup pot; add the onion, carrots and celery.  Cook
   over medium heat, stirring often, for 5 minutes.  Add the broth and
   tomatoes and simmer another 10 minutes.  Add the spinach and cook for an
   additional 1 minute.  Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  
 
 
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