![]() This Best Split Pea Soup Recipe can be made in under an hour. This Easy Cioppino Seafood Stew Recipe is made with frozen seafood mix. If you love creamy soups check out this Easy Gluten Free Cream of Mushroom Soup Recipe or this Instant Pot Potato Soup.ĭo you love spicy soups? Check out this 30-Minute Pozole Recipe and this Kale Soup Recipe. (You can read more about nightshades in this issue of SELF magazine.) More easy soup recipes Some people avoid nightshade vegetables because these types of vegetables may aggravate inflammation in people who are sensitive to them. However, like tomatoes, okra is a nightshade vegetables. It’s also a source of vegetable protein - 1/2 cup has 1.5 grams! ![]() Okra’s also a good source of calcium and magnesium. Half a cup of cooked okra contains nearly 10 percent of the recommended levels of vitamin B6 and folic acid, too. It’s a high fiber food, which helps lower cholesterol and helps with digestion. Okra is packed with all kinds of terrific nutrients. I’ve never done this, but it’s a cool way to organize your freezer. Then you can heat up the okra soup in the microwave or on the stove top.Īlso, some people freeze soup in gallon freezer bags, then stack them in the freezer. (You can also defrost these type of containers in a bowl of warm water.) Then I defrost the containers in the refrigerator. (Make sure to label and date the containers!) I like freezing soup in food freezer containers. Then freeze half for later when you’re too busy to cook. (You’ll need to make it in a large stockpot, too.) Luckily, this okra soup recipe is already a double batch. I like the okra to be cooked through, but still have a crunch to it.Ĭan you freeze this recipe for easy okra soup? Since fresh okra costs twice as much as frozen, it’s also a way to cut costs.įinally, don’t boil the okra into a mush. However, the real time saving trick was to use frozen, diced okra for this okra soup recipe. When I was making my Refrigerator Pickled Okra Recipe I had to wait until fresh okra to come into season. Okra: It’s hard to find fresh okra year round. If you do use minced garlic from a jar, 1 teaspoon roughly equals 1 clove of garlic. I find it saves me money, too, since I always find fresh garlic goes bad quickly. I buy the huge jars of garlic from the big warehouse store. It’s such a time saver and so convenient. Garlic: These days I love using minced garlic in a jar instead of mincing fresh garlic. Store brand is terrific and a big, budget helper. You can use any brand of fire roasted diced tomatoes. ![]() Tomatoes: To save time when making tomato and okra soup, I used canned fire roasted diced tomatoes instead of whole, peeled tomatoes so I wouldn’t have to crush them by hand. Since I use 2 teaspoons fresh, you need 2/3 teaspoon dried. If you’re using dried, you want 1/3 teaspoon dried thyme per 1 teaspoon fresh. Or you can use dried, if you don’t want the extra expense and hassle. You can buy fresh thyme if you don’t have a garden. Thyme: I used fresh thyme from my herb garden. Just cut it into small pieces before cooking. If you can’t find pancetta or think it’s a little too pricey (no judgement!), you can use bacon. You can find this “fancy” deli section next to deli sliced salami. Pancetta: For this easy okra soup recipe, I used pre-diced pancetta. I’ve taken Maria’s version of Okra Soup that is based on this recipe at and made some some changes that I think you’ll like. How to make tomato and okra soup into a time saver So when I saw a recipe for Okra Soup on Staying Close to Home, my assignment during a food blogger challenge, I knew this would be a perfect cold weather soup for a recipe makeover. Have you ever tried Tomato and Okra Soup? Well, I loved okra even before we moved to the South. Make this delicious okra soup recipe using tomatoes and pancetta that can be made in an hour.
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