Root Vegetable Soup

== Description ==
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=== Ingredients ===
* 1 Tbs. olive or canola oil
* 3 carrots, trimmed, peeled, thinly sliced (1 1/2 cups)
* 2 medium white or yellow onions, peeled, chopped (2 cups)
* 3 cloves garlic, minced
* 6 beets (about 1 1/4 lbs.) trimmed, peeled, quartered and thinly sliced (4 cups)
* 1 small head cabbage, cored, quartered, very thinly sliced (about 6 cups)
* 10 cups water
* 3 Tbs. tomato paste
* 3 Tbs. brown sugar
* 2 Tbs. rice vinegar
* 1 tsp. caraway seeds
* salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
* Low-fat yogurt or dairy-free soy sour cream for garnish (optional)
== Directions ==
In large pot, heat oil over medium heat, tilting pan to spread. Add carrots, onions and garlic; cover and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Add beets and cabbage. Cover and cook 10 minutes. Add remaining ingredients except yogurt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Taste soup for seasoning, adding salt and pepper as needed. Soup should have a nice sweet-sour tang.
Ladle soup into bowls. Garnish with yogurt or soy sour cream.
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== See also ==
Category:Brown sugar Recipes
Category:Cabbage Recipes
Category:Canola oil Recipes
Category:Caraway seed Recipes
Category:Rice vinegar Recipes
Category:Tofu sour cream Recipes
Category:Vegetarian Recipes
Category:Yellow onion Recipes
Category:Yogurt Recipes