To help her family get through some chilly Minnesota winters, my friend Colene used to make her family homemade tomato soup. Despite her busy schedule, she could quickly prepare this soup using frozen mixed vegetables and tomato juice!
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- 1 (32 fluid ounce) bottle tomato juice
- 1 (16 ounce) package frozen mixed vegetables
- 2 cups water
- 1 pinch dried oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine tomato juice, water, mixed vegetables, oregano, and salt in a large pot over medium heat; simmer for 30 minutes. Season with pepper to taste.
- Try adding macaroni or hamburger for some variety.
Reviews
I received three bags of mixed frozen veggies by mistake in my online grocery order and didn’t want to waste them. Found this recipe and it inspired me to make a delicious soup! I used the base and added three cloves of garlic, one bottle of passata, one tin of diced tomatoes, one tin of lentils, a teaspoon of vegetable bouillon and a dash of salt, pepper and mixed herbs. So delicious, easy and cost effective. Worth leaving a review as I would definitely recommend!
It was Delicious! I had lots of left overs and I put them in the freezer. ONLY to have to take them out the next day my daughter called and asked if I had left overs and the soup was gone in 2 days. Unreal can’t wait to make it again. Made it just as the recipe states but I added cannelloni beans and a small portion of macaroni.
This soup was delicious! Simple but tasty. I made a few changes. I used chicken stock, fresh vegetables, added cubed tomatoes and alphabet pasta.
7.5.18 I used Spicy V8® vegetable juice and did add some chopped onion and celery, as well as a few additional spices (basil, garlic powder and more oregano). Pretty basic, but this was pretty good for lunch today, “souper” (pun intended) easy to make. This is a good soup base to “make your own” by adding additional veggies, spices, etc.
I added kidney beans, used basil, oregano, a little dried minced onion, and chicken seasoning. I also used soup vegetables rather than regular mixed vegetables.
It was a great recipe… I did tweak it a little but, all in all it was simple and great budget savor!
My family really enjoyed this soup and it was so easy to throw together. I did double it. I also added some sauteed onion and garlic, a can of chicken broth and some macaroni pasta. Great for a cold winter day.
It was great! I added diced tomatoes, onions, and potatoes. I make it a lot in the winter time. Very cheap and easy to make. It’s definitely in my recipe book. Thanks for sharing!
I liked it but it didn’t fill me up enough.Added some fresh tomatoes and garlic.Not very filling but still very good!
Great base recipe. Usually I don’t write a review if I change a recipe, but I loved the starting point this recipe gives and I did not eliminate any of the ingredients – simply added to it, so I wanted to give it a good review. I added some chopped onion, minced clove of garlic, diced red potatoes, and a can of diced tomatoes with no salt added. Also increased oregano & added basil. Lots of fresh ground black pepper, and only a dash of sea salt near the very end. DELICIOUS! Thank you for this recipe. I had never made vegetable soup before and this recipe took the fear out of it for me 🙂
This was good. I added ground beef and a little extra frozen mixed vegetables but still feel it could use something more.
very bland, but healthy
This was a great recipe/base recipe. I added seasoning; more oregano, italian seasoning, garlic and some cayenne pepper. You can add any ingredient you wish to this recipe. I added celery and a can of beans I had on hand. We had it for dinner that night and left-overs the next day….it was even better the next day.
I was very wary of a recipe that started with tomato juice. I hate tomato juice….this was excellent soup. I made a huge pot for my staff at work…added dried basil, lightly sauteed onion, and par boiled potato. Every one said that it was the best soup of the day! Easy, yummy, and cheap to make! Thanks!
I make this soup a ton and my family loves it. It is never the same soup twice – I customized this by sauteeing onions, garlic, sweet peppers and celery (always onions and garlic but whatever else is available at the time) in EVOO. I also use the Asian mixed veggies as I am not a fan of carrots and peas and add these to the pot with the sauteed onions before adding the juice. I have added sausage to the sauteed onions, delish and I have sauteed the onions in some of the tomato juice instead of evoo to make it fat free. A great healthy starting point.
I added 2 packages of mixed veggies, and 2 pinches of oregano. I also added some whipping cream! (appx 1/4? of a cup). The family loved it!
Very easy! My Husband who has sworn off all veggies (except green beans) couldn’t get enough of this! The neighborhood Loved it too! I did double it, and used one spicy V8, and one regular. I also added Canned diced potatoes, (and canned veggies too) and some tiny spiral noodles, onion, Celery seed, and a few of my fave spices. De-Lish!
This soup is very kid friendly. For adults, I’d add garlic and more spices.
Quick and easy. I added Knorr vegetable bullion to the water before adding it to the tomato juice. I also added hamburger meat and used canned vegetables instead of frozen. I used green beans, carrots, corn, potatoes, white kidney beans, and stewed tomatoes. Yum!
Great base recipe but needs more seasoning. I added extra oregano and salt based on earlier reviews but it still needed something… Also, I was about 1/2 cup short of tomato juice so I added a can of chicken stock (I needed more liquid) in addition to the water the recipe called for. I used a bag of frozen soup vegetables to have more vege variety and added thin egg noddles the last 5-8 minutes of cooking.
Excellent veggie soup! I used a few more pinches of oregano; cayenne pepper for kick; and lawry’s instead of salt. Also used the frozen corn with peppers and onions. Zucchini, broccoli, mixed veggies, and sprinkled in some chopped spinach. Best friend loved it, but he’s a “Mikey.” My wife, much pickier, also loved it…and she only eats chicken noodle.