Mary Ann's Clean and Lean Italian Soup

With just Greg and I home now, soup has been a staple on our weekly dinner rotation. It's an easy way to get all your vegetables and have a low calorie satisfying meal at the end of your day. I have made this soup without meat, as well as, using ground turkey, but I prefer ground chicken. This makes enough to serve 6-8 people for dinner or makes for a lovely lunch the next day served with a small green salad.

“A nice warm bowl of soup, filled with great vegetables, vitamins and is low calorie as a bonus!”

Recipe - Italian Soup

• 1 lb ground chicken

• 2 tbsp olive oil

• 1 medium yellow onion chopped

• 1 tbsp Italian seasoning

• 1/2 tsp basil

• kosher salt to taste ( 2 Pinches - refer to video )

• 1 tsp of pepper

• 1 1/2 cups of water

• 1 can (15 oz) garbanzo beans rinsed and drained

• 1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes ( Recommended - Muir Glen organic Tomatoes ) or ( Cento)

• 1 (14.5 oz) low sodium beef broth

• 2 medium zucchini sliced

• Grated Parmesan Cheese for serving

Instructions:

Heat olive oil in pot. ( I love to use a cast iron pot, your favorite stock pot will do )

Saute 1 medium onion chopped

Add your ground chicken and seasoning ( Italian seasoning, basil, kosher salt, pepper and cook until meat is no longer pink. )

Add water, diced tomatoes, garbanzo beans, beef broth and zucchini.

Bring to a boil.

Simmer for 5-10 minutes until Zucchini is tender.

Garnish with freshly grated parmesan cheese.

Enjoy!