Vegetable Soup Recipe » Hearty Tomato Rice Soup

This is an excellent, hearty soup to go with a casserole or pot pie. Simple ingredients so picky eaters like it, and complex flavor for the more refined.

Ingredients

• 1 (14.5 ounce) can beef broth
• 1 quart water
• ⅓ cup tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 cubes beef bouillon
• 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper to taste
• ½ cup uncooked long grain white rice
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Cooking Directions

1. In a pot over medium heat, mix the beef broth, water, tomato paste, garlic, and bay leaves. Stir in the beef bouillon until dissolved. Season with pepper. Bring to a boil, and mix in the rice. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook 25 minutes, until rice is tender. Remove bay leaves, and serve warm with a sprinkling of Cheddar cheese.

Nutrition Facts

• calories176.4
• carbohydrateContent17 g
• cholesterolContent24.4 mg
• fatContent8.2 g
• fiberContent0.8 g
• proteinContent8.8 g
• saturatedFatContent5.1 g
• sodiumContent891.3 mg
• sugarContent2.3 g