[jujubnme]

When you say no starches, does that include potatoes?

I have a vegetarian minestrone recipe that could be tweaked to your needs. The original recipe calls for

6 c. vegetable stock
2 c. chopped onions
1 c. chopped celery
1 c. chopped carrots
2 c. cubed potatoes
2 c. chopped cabbage
1 c. cut green beans (about 2" pieces)
3 c. cooked cannellini beans
1 c. pesto (without the pine nuts)

However, I have mixed and matched veggies and it still comes out good. You could sub sweet potatoes or butternut squash for the potatoes, kale or spinach for the cabbage (depending on preference), and I'd just add zucchini and yellow squash or other veggies in place of the cannellini beans. If you are completely dairy-free, you'd need to alter the pesto too... (make just a basil and olive oil paste? or just use a couple of bay leaves, and some oregano and basil as seasonings?) Maybe that's too much switching up but at least it gives a framework that you could build on.

To cook, I saute the onion/celery/carrots in some olive oil, add stock and bring to a boil. Add veggies and simmer until potatoes/squash are soft. Add pesto and adjust seasonings. If not using pesto, I'd add seasonings earlier...

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Here's another favorite, but again it has sweet potatoes and some of the more carby vegetables.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...le-Soup-230205