Weeknight Soup

Here's a soup that can be cooked in a crock pot with just a little prep work. It's full of vegetables which means it's full of good vitamins and minerals. It's also a very filling soup.

Mega Vegetable Soup (adapted from French, Clements and Wolfe-Cohen)

Grocery List: 1 can navy beans, 1 can green beans, 1 can petite diced tomatoes, 1 package frozen peas, olive oil, herbes de Provence, 1 onion, 1 large leek, 1 stalk celery, 2 carrots, 1 sweet potato, 2 small zucchini, fresh  spinach, salt, and pepper.

To prepare: Heat olive oil and sauté one onion, one leek, 2 garlic cloves (all finely diced) until tender . Add 5 cups of water, cans of beans (drained), can of tomatoes, and all the fresh vegetables (diced) and 2 teaspoons herbes de Provence. Simmer. Taste and add salt and pepper as needed. Cook until all vegetable are very tender. Soup will gain flavor as it sits in the refrigerator...you can enjoy the left-overs just as much as the first round!