Date Night Soup | For Valentine's Day
This date night soup is the perfect meal to make your sweetheart for Valentine's Day - it's easy to throw together, delicious, and will warm up your evening!
Ingredients
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil for sauté
- 1 Yellow Onion diced
- 2 Stalks Celery diced
- 3 Cloves Garlic minced
- 2 Sprigs Fresh Thyme just the leaves
- Juice from 1/2 Lemon
- 4 Cups Vegetable Stock
- 2 Cups Water
- Salt to Taste very important!
- 1/2 Tsp Pepper
- 1/4 Tsp Coriander
- 1 Tsp Dried Parsley
- Pinch Cayenne optional
- Cooked Pasta between 2-3 cups, to serve
- Fresh Herbs if you like, to serve
Instructions
- Bring a soup pot to medium heat with a glug of olive oil.
- Add in diced onion and celery, and sauté until onions are soft, about 5-10 minutes.
- Then, add in minced garlic and fresh thyme leaves and sauté for another 1-2 minutes, until garlic is fragrant. Be careful not to let the garlic brown!
- Then, add in lemon juice, vegetable stock, water, and spices. Add salt to taste - this is very important!
- Once everything is added in the pot, let simmer for about 15 minutes, so the flavors can really meld.
- When done, serve soup over cooked pasta. I used heart-shaped noodles, but you can use any type you like! I wrote 2-3 cups in the recipe, but you can really use as much or as little pasta as you like. Cooked rice or grains (like wheatberries or spelt) would be great too!
- Serve with fresh herbs if you like - I used a little parsley and some sprouts.
- Enjoy!