NAIL SOUP RECIPES

When you're in need of delicious soup recipe that truly warms the soul, allow this Vegetable Tortellini Soup to come to the rescue. This soup is an easy way to go meatless, while still indulging in those pasta cravings. Not to mention, you can feel good about every spoonful since it's full of vegetables and flavor. Although we use refrigerated prechopped veggies here, feel free to mix in fresh vegetables or whatever you have on hand. If your freezer is stocked with frozen broccoli, corn, or peas, then feel free to throw them in the slow cooker. The cheese tortellini and seasonings, like basil and oregano, are what make this a traditional Italian dish. Celery, onion, bell pepper, zucchini, corn and pea mix, cannellini beans, and diced tomatoes are the perfect complements to convenient refrigerated cheese tortellini. Start by sautéeing the refrigerated celery mixture in a nonstick skillet until tender. You'll then transfer that mixture to a 5-quart slow cooker, where you'll stir in pepper and the remaining ingredients through tomatoes. After cooking the vegetables low and slow for 7 hours, you'll add the tortellini and cook until soft. This easy, cheesy soup reheats well and tastes great as leftovers, so make a batch at the beginning of the week to enjoy for lunch or dinner throughout the week. Try substituting spinach- or chicken-filled tortellini. You can also use ravioletti (small ravioli that just fit in your spoon).Round out this satisfying meal with a loaf of crusty Italian or whole-grain bread. 

Provided by Southern Living

Categories     Soup

Total Time 7 hours 33 minutes

Yield Serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 9

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The bakery-café chain Panera Bread is famous for its bread bowls, but insiders know that the real treat is the stuff inside. The company’s broccoli-cheddar soup practically has a cult following, which explains why Betty Ling from Arcadia, CA, and other readers keep writing to us for the recipe. Spokespeople at Panera’s Missouri headquarters wouldn’t tell us how they make the extra-creamy soup, but they did confirm that it’s a bestseller: Their stores ladle out more than 50 million cups of it every year, blowing through five million heads of broccoli in the process. Chefs in Food Network Kitchens went through their own big batch of broccoli to nail down this perfect imitation.

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     main-dish

Total Time 1 hours 10 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

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