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billbird2111 · July 19, 2006

Easy Spicy Turkey and Tomato Soup

This one is REAL easy, but it does require about seven or eight Green Zebras for the ZIP!!! Soup takes less than 30 minutes to prepare, and the longer it simmers, the better it tastes. Feeds two very hungry people. It can feed three if you also serve rolls

1 lb. ground turkey
1 onion
2-3 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 or 2 cans chicken broth (Swanson is good)
1 can Veg-All (or any other mixed vegetable)
7-8 freshly harvested Green Zebras
1-2 tsps garlic salt (depending upon your need for salt)
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp dried basil or 1 Tbl freshly minced basil
1 tsp dried oregano or 1 Tbl freshly minced oregano
1 tsp dried rosemary or 1 Tbl freshly minced rosemary
1 tsp dried thyme or 1 Tbl freshly minced thyme
1 dash Tabasco sauce (optional)

Pulse onion and garlic together in a standard food processor, or mince garlic and chop onion into bite sized pieces. Combine vegetable oil, ground turkey, onion and garlic in a two quart saucepan and cook on medium heat until turkey is cooked and no longer pink. Drain into a strainer to remove excess oil – and return cooked turkey-onion-garlic mixture back to saucepan.

Return to stovetop at medium heat. Add one or two cans of chicken broth into turkey mixture, mixing well. Add can of Veg-All, including liquid, into soup.

Pulse 7 or 8 Green Zebras into a liquid mixture in a food processor OR blender; add to soup. Add spices and mix well. Bring soup to a boil, then reduce heat to LOW, cover the saucepan and let simmer 30 minutes to one hour.

NOTE: This works with any fresh tomatoes, but Green Zebra gives it an extra ZIPPINESS that no other fresh tomato can. This also works with canned tomatoes (liquid included), and I’ve found that canned, cut up tomatoes with jalapeno peppers come very close to supplying the punch that the fresh Green Zebras contain.

July 19, 2006	#23
billbird2111 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 56	Easy Spicy Turkey and Tomato Soup This one is REAL easy, but it does require about seven or eight Green Zebras for the ZIP!!! Soup takes less than 30 minutes to prepare, and the longer it simmers, the better it tastes. Feeds two very hungry people. It can feed three if you also serve rolls 1 lb. ground turkey 1 onion 2-3 cloves garlic 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 or 2 cans chicken broth (Swanson is good) 1 can Veg-All (or any other mixed vegetable) 7-8 freshly harvested Green Zebras 1-2 tsps garlic salt (depending upon your need for salt) 1 tsp pepper 1 tsp dried basil or 1 Tbl freshly minced basil 1 tsp dried oregano or 1 Tbl freshly minced oregano 1 tsp dried rosemary or 1 Tbl freshly minced rosemary 1 tsp dried thyme or 1 Tbl freshly minced thyme 1 dash Tabasco sauce (optional) Pulse onion and garlic together in a standard food processor, or mince garlic and chop onion into bite sized pieces. Combine vegetable oil, ground turkey, onion and garlic in a two quart saucepan and cook on medium heat until turkey is cooked and no longer pink. Drain into a strainer to remove excess oil – and return cooked turkey-onion-garlic mixture back to saucepan. Return to stovetop at medium heat. Add one or two cans of chicken broth into turkey mixture, mixing well. Add can of Veg-All, including liquid, into soup. Pulse 7 or 8 Green Zebras into a liquid mixture in a food processor OR blender; add to soup. Add spices and mix well. Bring soup to a boil, then reduce heat to LOW, cover the saucepan and let simmer 30 minutes to one hour. NOTE: This works with any fresh tomatoes, but Green Zebra gives it an extra ZIPPINESS that no other fresh tomato can. This also works with canned tomatoes (liquid included), and I’ve found that canned, cut up tomatoes with jalapeno peppers come very close to supplying the punch that the fresh Green Zebras contain.