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Fresh Vegetable Provencal Soup

September 27, 2016 By Joe Boyle 5 Comments

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Last Updated on July 16, 2024

With summer winding down, we’re harvesting the last of the vegetables from the garden. It’s a perfect time to use some of the veggies in a fresh vegetable Provencal soup. This is a traditional soup made in southern France with garlic, onions, tomatoes and herbs, and from the different recipes I’ve seen for it, just about any other vegetable that’s on hand.

Fresh vegetable Provencal soup. Use up some of your late summer veggies by making this delicious, easy to make soup. | joeshealthymeals.com

Amy had some eggplant and I found this recipe from Mark Bittman that features eggplant and zucchini. What’s amazing about his recipe is that there are very few seasonings…just salt, pepper and basil.  The flavor that is achieved though, is fantastic.

Fresh vegetable Provencal soup. Use up some of your late summer veggies by making this delicious, easy to make soup. | joeshealthymeals.com

Once the veggies are chopped up, you cook the garlic and onion for 5 minutes to get the onion tender. Then add everything else to the pot and simmer for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.  It couldn’t be simpler.

I decided to make some croutons for this also, and it’s a nice added flavor and crunch. If you’ve never made croutons, it’s pretty easy. Turn your oven on to 375°. Take 5 slices of white bread, cut off the crust, cut into 1/2 inch cubes, drizzle with a little olive oil and toss to coat. Throw the bread onto a baking sheet then sprinkle lightly with salt. Place in the oven for 6 minutes then turn the croutons with a spatula as best you can, then bake for another 5 minutes or so, until the bread has browned nicely. This should make enough for 4 to 5 servings.

A sprinkling of grated Parmesan cheese on the soup is nice also.

Fresh vegetable Provencal soup. Use up some of your late summer veggies by making this delicious, easy to make soup. | joeshealthymeals.com

You can use this recipe for Provencal soup as a guideline and you may want to use some different vegetables of your choosing. This is an easy-to-make, excellent-tasting soup.

HERE ARE SOME MORE TASTY RECIPES TO TRY:

  • Creamy cauliflower soup
  • Leftover turkey vegetable soup
  • Instant pot vegetable wild rice soup
  • Easy French onion soup
Fresh vegetable Provencal soup. Use up some of your late summer veggies by making this delicious, easy to make soup. | joeshealthymeals.com

Fresh Vegetable Provencal Soup

A wonderful tasting soup using fresh ingredients.
5 from 3 votes
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Course: Soup
Cuisine: French
Keyword: vegetable provencal soup
Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 5 servings
Calories: 163kcal
Author: Joe Boyle

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 to 5 garlic cloves , coarsely minced
  • 1 lg onion , chopped
  • salt and pepper , about 1/2 tsp each
  • 1 medium zucchini , chopped
  • 1 medium eggplant , peeled and cubed
  • 3 cups fresh chopped tomatoes (4 medium and 6 plum is what I used)
  • 2 red peppers , chopped
  • 4 cups vegetable broth , (I used Better than Bouillon seasoned vegetable base, 1 1/2 tbsp in 4 cups boiling water)
  • 1 cup black olives , chopped
  • 1 tbsp minced fresh basil , plus more for garnish
  • bread croutons , (optional)
  • grated Parmesan cheese , (optional)
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Instructions

  • In a dutch oven or stock pot on medium heat, add the olive oil, garlic, and onion, sprinkle with salt and pepper and cook until the onion is tender, 5 or 6 minutes.
  • Add the zucchini, eggplant, tomatoes, peppers and broth and bring to a boil, then simmer 40 minutes, stirring occasionally
  • Add the black olives and basil and simmer for 5 more minutes
  • Serve hot with more basil to garnish, croutons and Parmesan cheese if desired

Notes

Adapted from Mark Bittman.

Nutrition

Calories: 163kcal

 

 

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  1. Jennifer Wakumelo

    September 28, 2016 at 3:20 pm

    Looks really yummy!!! Can’t wait to try it!!!

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  2. Alan Howie

    September 28, 2016 at 10:32 am

    5 stars
    A perfect time of year for this delicious soup. It is on our must try list,

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  3. MaryJo

    September 27, 2016 at 11:19 pm

    5 stars
    This was so delicious with the zucchini and eggplant and a little freshly grated parmesan on top. Yummy!

    Reply
  4. Marie Varn-Gillespie

    September 27, 2016 at 4:31 pm

    5 stars
    I made a similar soup last week using a little bit of leftover beef roast with whatever vegetables I had from the garden (and the little dabs of things in the freezer) – also added a couple of medium sized potatoes cubed, to the pot, several cups of broth/water/seasonings…I’ve never cooked an eggplant in my life – but do use zucchini in a lot of different ways…I once used peeled, and slices (the length-wise way) zucchini instead of lasagna noodles and the grandchildren said it was the best lasagna I ever made (some of them just don’t eat vegetables)…

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    • Joe

      September 27, 2016 at 11:14 pm

      Hi Maria…sounds like you have the same type of soup. It really is delicious. And you should try the eggplant!

      Reply
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