I'll just have a bowl of soup..

 I made this soup when I was trying the dreaded Cabbage Soup Diet, and I couldn't stand it, so I decided I would make it just a vegetable soup diet with cabbage on the side.

Vegetable Soup

5 mushroom
2 cloves garlic
4 stalks celery
1 med onion
1-2 carrots
1 can crushed tomatoes
1 litre soup stock (I used chicken stock)
2 tsp oil
seasoning to taste (I used basil and oregano)


Dice all veggies into pieces. In a stock pot, fry oil, garlic and onion until onions are 'sweating'. Add all other veggies and seasoning and cook for a few more minutes. Add crushed tomatoes and stock, keep simmering on med heat until veggies are cooked.  Best served on a cold day with some garlic toast! Yum.