Ingredients

• cabbage
• celery
• onions
• capsicum (green peppers)
• tomatoes

Equipment

• large pot
• stick blender (optional)

Instructions

• Take equal portions of the ingredients and chop them up.
• Place in a large pot and cover with water.
• Simmer until tender.
• Optionally, you may wish to blend the soup with a stick-blender when it is cooked (and not too hot).

A time-saver is to buy coleslaw mix -- not coleslaw, just the mix without mayonnaise. Since it is mostly chopped up cabbage, that saves you the chore of chopping up the cabbage yourself.

Variations

Here are a few different flavouring ideas.

• chicken or beef stock cube
• whole peppercorns
• shredded carrot, ginger, cardamom, cumin
• aniseed
• garlic
• mustard
• basil, parsley, sage, marjoram, oregamo and other herbs. Even better to chop up fresh herbs and sprinkle them on just before serving, particularly chives and parsley.
• stir in a little natural skim milk yoghurt (just before serving)