Garden Soup

Name: Garden Soup
Ingredients: 2 qt. water; salt to taste; 2 c. baby carrots, sliced; 2 c. new potatoes, diced; 2 c. peeled ripe tomatoes, diced; 2 c. scallions, sliced; 1 c. fresh green lima beans; 1 c. fresh tiny green beans, cut in 1-inch lengths; 1 c. fresh okra, sliced; 1 c. fresh corn, scraped off the cob; 1 1/2 c. cooked white rice

11 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

2 qt. water
salt to taste
2 c. baby carrots, sliced
2 c. new potatoes, diced
2 c. peeled ripe tomatoes, diced
2 c. scallions, sliced
1 c. fresh green lima beans
1 c. fresh tiny green beans, cut in 1-inch lengths
1 c. fresh okra, sliced
1 c. fresh corn, scraped off the cob
1 1/2 c. cooked white rice

Directions

1

Salt the water and bring it to a boil.
2

Add the carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, scallions and lima beans and boil gently for 30 minutes.
3

Add the green beans, okra and corn and simmer for about 15 minutes longer.
4

Place a spoonful of cooked white rice in the center of each soup plate and ladle some hot soup over it.
5

Pass a bowl of Provincial Sauce, Pistou (recipe follows), for each diner to stir into his soup.