Last Minute Soup

Ever been in a situation when you literally have little or no food to make a proper meal? Yep. Happened this evening. I forgot that I had to go grocery shopping and was stumped when it was time to make dinner.  So I picked apart my cabinet and found the following ingredients

Last Minute Spinach Tomato Soup

1 cup of dry vermicelli

1 tablespoon of vegetable oil (or Earth Balance)

1 onion chopped

1 clove of garlic

1 vegetable bouillon cube

1 cup of frozen spinach 

1 can of tomato sauce

3 cups of water

1/2 tbsp of salt 

1/4 tsp of chili powder (or to taste)

Boil 2 cups of water and add the vermicelli to the pot. It's a thin spaghetti like noodle to make this recipe gluten free, substitute vermicelli for rice noodles or gluten free thin noodles. 

In a separate pot add vegetable oil (or earth balance), chopped onion, and garlic bring the heat to a medium setting and cook for about 10 mins or until the onions become translucent. 

Add spinach to the mixture and stir together. 

Then add 3 cups of water, vegetable bouillon cube, and 1 can of tomato sauce, salt and chili powder and bring heat to a boil then let the soup simmer. 

Drain the vermicelli (do not rinse )

You can mix the noodles within the soup however, the noodles become super soggy soo keep them separate and add together in a serving bowl! Enjoy! 

You can also squeeze a little bit of lime juice if you like a tang for you taste buds!