It’s Taco Tuesday again at our house, and I’m going to change it up. We usually have some kind of taco whether made with lean chicken or turkey, maybe a taco salad. But tonight calls for something else…
It’s gray, cool, and misty here… A perfect day for creating homemade soup. So when I was emailed this recipe for Zesty Mexican Soup, I couldn’t resist it and had to dig out my soup pot. It’s full to the brim with healthy ingredients along with that spicy flavor that we all love on a Taco Tuesday. Plus, it’s easy to prepare making it a tasty, healthy, easy peasy recipe to dare I say share – Reading Dr. Suess again…
Zesty Mexican Soup
Prep and Cook Time: 40 minutes
Serves 6
Zesty Mexican Soup Ingredients:
- 1 medium onion, minced
- 4 medium cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 TBS red chili powder
- 3 cups + 1 TBS chicken or vegetable broth (I used chicken)
- 1 small to medium green bell pepper, diced into 1/4-inch pieces
- 1 small zucchini, diced into 1/4-inch pieces
- 1 cup finely chopped collard greens (I chopped kale – the kids haven’t graduated to collard greens yet)
- 1 15 oz can (BPA free) diced tomatoes
- 2 cups or 1 15 oz can (BPA free) black beans, rinsed
- 1 cup frozen yellow corn
- 1 4 oz can (BPA free) diced green chili
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1/4 cup chopped pumpkin seeds
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
- Heat 1 TBS broth in a medium soup pot. Healthy Sauté onion, garlic, and green peppers in broth over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring often. (about a Tbsp of broth)
- Add red chili powder and mix in well. Add broth, zucchini, collard greens, and tomatoes. Cook for another 5 minutes and add beans, corn, green chili, oregano, and cumin.
- Bring to a boil on high heat. Once it begins to boil, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes longer. (Simmering uncovered enhances the flavor.)
- Add zucchini and collard greens and cook for 5 more minutes. Add chopped cilantro, pumpkin seeds, salt, and pepper.
Serve soup with a side salad such as Romaine & Avocado. Yummy! 
Check here for the complete nutritional information for Zesty Mexican Soup and similar healthy recipes at The World’s Healthiest Foods.
I hope you take the time to get spicy and and make your Tuesday as zesty as ours. You now what they say about the “spice,” it just makes life better…
Enjoy! Cha Cha Cha!!!
Amy
