{"id":6556,"date":"2025-03-11T15:35:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/?p=6556"},"modified":"2025-03-11T15:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:35:18","slug":"recipe-moroccan-winter-vegetables-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/recipe-moroccan-winter-vegetables-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe: Moroccan Winter Vegetables Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Serves: 6-8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Step 1: Saute Aromatics and Seasonings<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Tbsp. coconut oil<\/li>\n<li>1 med onion, diced to \u00bd\u201d<\/li>\n<li>2 cups celery, diced to \u00bc\u201d (from about 3 stalks)<\/li>\n<li>4 cups mushrooms sliced \u00bc\u201d thick (if large mushrooms, cut slices into halves or thirds) (from about 4 large or 8 medium mushrooms)<\/li>\n<li>1 to 2 Tbsp. chopped garlic, to taste<\/li>\n<li>2 to 4 tsp. Moroccan spice blend (see Notes)<\/li>\n<li>2-4 shakes cayenne pepper, if desired, to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a large soup pot, warm oil over medium heat until hot but not smoking. Add onions and saute about 5 minutes. Add celery and mushrooms and saute another 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Push vegetables to sides of pan, add another teaspoon of oil and warm. Into warmed oil, add garlic and spice blend and cook 2-3 more minutes. Then stir into vegetables.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Step 2:\u00a0Add Vegetables and Simmer<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup parsnips peeled and diced to \u00bd\u201d (from about 2 med.)<\/li>\n<li>2 cups carrots sliced \u00bc\u201d thick (from about 4 to 5 medium carrots)<\/li>\n<li>2 cups potatoes diced to \u00bd\u201d (from about 3 to 4 med. potatoes)<\/li>\n<li>28-oz. can diced tomatoes, with juices<\/li>\n<li>2 quarts rich chicken, beef or vegetable broth<\/li>\n<li>Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Add parsnips, carrots, potatoes and tomatoes to onion mixture, along with broth and salt and pepper. Raise heat to high, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered for 20 to 30 minutes until vegetables are tender to taste.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Step 3: Taste and Adjust Seasonings; Serve<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fresh lemon juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taste and add more salt, pepper or spice blend, as desired. Serve immediately with a squeeze of lemon juice or, if possible, remove from heat and leave covered for 20-30 minutes to let flavors meld.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moroccan Spice Blend<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u25cf 2 tsp. ground cumin<br \/>\n\u25cf 1 1\/2 tsp. ground turmeric<br \/>\n\u25cf 1 tsp. ground cinnamon<br \/>\n\u25cf 1 tsp. ground cardamom<\/p>\n<p>Combine in a small jar and then shake to combine thoroughly. Cover tightly and store. Other uses can be found in this post: https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/recipe-simple-moroccan-spice-blend\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Winter Vegetable Additions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u25cf 1 med. rutabaga<br \/>\n\u25cf \u00bd lb. Brussels sprouts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serves: 6-8 Step 1: Saute Aromatics and Seasonings 1 Tbsp. coconut oil 1 med onion, diced to \u00bd\u201d 2 cups celery, diced to \u00bc\u201d (from about 3 stalks) 4 cups mushrooms sliced \u00bc\u201d thick (if large mushrooms, cut slices into halves or thirds) (from about 4 large or 8 medium mushrooms) 1 to 2 Tbsp. &#8230; <a title=\"Recipe: Moroccan Winter Vegetables Soup\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/recipe-moroccan-winter-vegetables-soup\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6558,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6556\/revisions\/6558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}