Italian Florentine Soup

7 minutes prep/20 minutes cook/ 9 ½ cups

Ingredients
1 medium onion, chopped small (1 ¼ cup)
½ cup celery, sliced thin
1 TBL garlic, minced
3 medium tomatoes, chopped small (2 cups)
5 cups filtered water
2 cups tomato juice
2 cups spinach or other green veggie, chopped small
3 TBL fresh herbs, minced (try basil, parsley or both)
1 TBL Italian spice mix or 1 tsp each of dried oregano and thyme)
2 tsp sea salt or to taste
½ tsp fresh ground pepper or to taste

Loving preparation
1. Place all ingredients except herbs, spices and salt and pepper in a large pot and simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes.
2. Stir in remaining ingredients and enjoy.

Variations
:
~Try adding 1 TBL of Fennel seeds, 2 TBL nutritional yeast and a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes.
~You may replace the green veggies with vegetables of your choosing.
~Replace tomato juice with another veggie juice or soy, nut, rice or coconut milk
~Serve with Foccacia Bread

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