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Mixed Vegetable Soup with Wheat Berries and Baby Spinach Recipe

September 17, 2010 by Jeanette 9 Comments

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Vegetable Wheat Berries Spinach Soup ~ https://jeanetteshealthyliving.com

Yesterday was “soup day.” I made two big pots of vegetable broth so I would have the base for making some homemade vegetable soups for some friends. Homemade vegetable broth is so much better than the boxed variety. It is clean, clear, and light.

As I was thinking about what soups to make, I came across an article in the most recent issue of Food and Wine magazine featuring the grand opening of Eataly in New York City.

Eataly is a 50,000-square-foot “artisanal-food-and-wine market and restaurant complex.” “[We hope] to transport the client into a setting that exudes Italian philosophy — the whole package of living well,” says Lidia Bastianich.  I am a huge fan of Mario Batali and Lidia Bastianich (my kids love Italian food).

What really caught my eye was the vegetable butcher and vegetable eatery featured at Eataly, which will serve dishes using local produce.  Included in the article was a recipe for Mixed Vegetable and Farro Soup.  Perfect, a new healthy soup recipe to try.

I decided to make Mario’s vegetable soup recipe and my old standby French Lentil Soup With Barley and Rainbow Chard (except, I used kale this time).  I even had some vegetable broth left afterwards, which I will freeze for the next soup day.

I hope Mario doesn’t mind, but I made a few alterations, including using homemade vegetable broth instead of water, and adding some fresh herbs, as well as some leafy green vegetables to make it a one dish meal.

Vegetable Wheat Berries Spinach Soup ~ https://jeanetteshealthyliving.com
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Mixed Vegetable Soup with Wheat Berries and Baby Spinach

Author Jeanette

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 stalks celery thinly sliced
  • 1 medium onion diced
  • 1 medium leek white and pale green parts only, washed thoroughly and thinly sliced
  • 1 cup wheat berries or farro
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 2 quarts vegetable broth
  • One 15-ounce can borlotti or other beans rinsed and drained
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1 stem fresh basil
  • 2 large carrots halved lengthwise and sliced crosswise 1/4" thick
  • 4 handfuls of baby spinach any leafy green vegetable will work such as kale, swiss chard, just cut into bite size pieces

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in soup pot. Add celery, onion and leek and cook over medium heat until softened, about 5 minutes. Add wheat berries and tomato paste and cook, stirring, until the grains are coated and shiny, about 30 seconds. Add 1 quart of the broth, the beans, the thyme and basil, and bring to a boil. Simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.
  2. Add carrots and the remaining broth. Cover and cook over low heat until the carrots are tender, about 30 minutes. Add spinach, and cook until just wilted (heartier leafy green vegetables will take slightly longer to cook). Remove thyme branch and wilted basil. Season with salt and pepper.

Recipe Notes

Adapted from Eataly's recipe, as published in Food and Wine, October 2010

More Healthy Soup Recipes:
Kalyn’s Kitchen’s Chickpea Soup with Spinach, Tomato and Basil
Fat Free Vegan’s Butter Bean with Portobellas and Wild Rice
101 Cookbook’s Lively Up Yourself Lentil Soup
Simply Recipe’s White Bean and Vegetable Soup


Anticancer Ingredients:  Onion, Leek, Carrots, Tomato, Wheat Berries, Farro, Beans, Leafy Green Vegetables

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Comments

  1. JoAnn says

    September 18, 2010 at 12:11 am

    Jeanette, this soup recipe looks great. Can't wait to try it. Congrats with your blog. Love it!
    Jo

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  2. Jeanette says

    September 18, 2010 at 7:58 am

    Thanks JoAnn. Hope you enjoy it.

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  3. vincent says

    September 18, 2010 at 8:01 am

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  4. Jeanette says

    September 18, 2010 at 9:10 am

    Thanks Vincent. I have added my blog to Petitchef.com. I love how your site shares recipes from around the world.

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  5. Julie @ Get Healthy Cheap says

    September 18, 2010 at 1:22 pm

    Found your blog through the Foodie BlogRoll, great recipes! I'm your newest follower. Stop by my little corner of the foodie world sometime. 🙂

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  6. Medifast Coupons says

    September 19, 2010 at 9:10 am

    Thanks for the soup recipe and for the broth recipe, both sound so comforting.

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  7. Katerina says

    September 19, 2010 at 2:11 pm

    First time at your blog. I love your soup especially now that the weather befins to chill a little bit.

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  8. Susan says

    September 25, 2010 at 8:36 am

    A really special fall soup – all those great ingredients floating in that flavorful broth… Thank you, Jeanette, for adding it to the MLLA collection.

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  9. Jeanette says

    September 25, 2010 at 5:43 pm

    Thanks Katerina and Susan, I'll be making a lot of soup now that it's getting cooler.

    Reply

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