Healthy Veggie Soup

Last night a friend at church handed me this slip of paper with a recipe written on it. She saw my post on FB about trying to eat healthier and had a great recipe to share. I'm telling you people this could be the EASIEST recipe you will ever try and if you're anything like me, you probably already have the items on hand.

Here goes:

1 can crushed tomatoes
1 can corn
1 can kidney beans - drained and rinsed
1 bag baby spinach
1 onion chopped

Saute onion in olive oil. Add all ingredients and heat until spinach is cooked. Add salt, pepper, hot sauce or any other seasoning you wish.

I made a few modifications:

*I used the LARGE size can of crushed tomatoes,

*I didn't have canned corn, so I threw in some frozen corn which worked just fine,

*I did HALF the bag of spinach, but still didn't like it. :( I'm not a fan of cooked spinach and I knew it was a stretch that I would like it in this soup. Next time I might just eliminate it from the recipe.

*I added some frozen, chopped red & green peppers and some frozen, chopped celery,

*I added 2 can fulls of water,

*I did salt, pepper, 1 tsp of Tabasco, and 2 overflowing tsps of Pampered Chef Parmesan/Garlic seasoning, and 2 fresh garlic gloves {pressed through my garlic press}.

I let it sit and simmer for a while on the stove. It may a pretty big pot full. I had some for lunch and it was yummy.

Yummy, healthy and full of good-for-you veggies - what more could you ask for?