Florida Vegetable Soup : Marketing Florida Agriculture

Vegetable-6099

Ingredients
1 cup	uncooked white rice
1 teaspoon	chopped garlic
1/4 cup	green onions, sliced
6 cups	vegetable broth
1	carrot, sliced
1 stalk	celery, sliced
1 cup	fresh tomato, diced
1	zucchini, sliced into half-moons
1 cup	green (pole) beans, cut up
2 tablespoons	chopped parsley
1 1/2 tablespoons	green chili pepper, seeded and minced, to taste
	kosher salt to taste
	fresh ground pepper to taste
1/4 teaspoon	cumin
	juice of 1 lime (optional)

Preparation
Cook the rice according to directions until tender. Set aside. Meanwhile, in a medium soup pot coated with cooking spray, saute the onions and garlic on medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes. Add the broth, carrot, and celery. Add the tomato, zucchini, sugar snap peas, parsley, chili pepper, salt, pepper, cumin, and cooked rice. Simmer on low for 10 minutes. Squeeze the lime juice into the soup and serve.