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I hit it out of the park with vegetable soup this weekend. My goal was a vegetarian, low sodium, low fat, low carb soup.

3 carrots

3 celery sticks

3 green onion stalks

Snow peas

2 leek stalks

8 asparagus stalks

½ large turnip

1 non-russet potato

2 tbs of Amore Double-Concentrated Tomato Paste (chosen for low-sodium content)

½ cube of Knoors vegetable stock

Pinch of whole coriander

1 tbs of basil

1 tbs Red pepper

1 tbs White pepper

1 teas of olive oil

1 teas of sesame oil

¼ cup mix of lentils and Bhutanese red rice

Soaked the lentil and red rice

Heated the oils in the wok added the red and white pepper

Chopped the celery, onion and leaks and sautéed until clear in the oil.

Chopped carrots, asparagus, turnip and potato

Added all the ingredients in the slower cooker with 2 cups of water.

Cooked on low for about 10 hours

Added ¼ teas of sea salt at about 8 hours.

I was afraid the onions and the leeks might over power, but they don’t. The tomato paste gives the soup just the right amount of tomato taste and the peppers add sufficient heat for a nice after burn. The whole fit in my 1 ½ quart slower cooker giving it a more stew like consistency.