GLUTEN FREE VEGETARIAN JUNE SOUP

****2 MINUTE SOUP****

It's the kind of soup dieters snack on before a meal; it's light, but cuts the urge to overeat. I like it as a pick-me-up any time of day, since it takes only 2 minutes if you've got a bag of broccoli stem cubes in the freezer. And if you don't have a bag of those cubes, you should know that turning the ugly ducklings below into cheap and pretty convenience food is a snap! Here's how:

It starts with broccoli stems hidden away in the fridge, almost on their way out.

Cleaned and trimmed and peeled 

and diced, they become these pretty cubes.

Boil water, add vegetable soup mix (I like Better than Bouillon), slice a mushroom, grab a few cubes of frozen squash, and mix all briskly to heat squash and, of course, the broccoli cubes.

Sprinkle with soy bacon bits and it's ready to eat!

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