Old Mediterranean Soup: Healthier than Many Modern Recipes

This old Mediterranean soup is healthier than many modern recipes. In this video, I'll show you a simple, vegan, and very flavorful Mediterranean soup with chickpeas, vegetables, tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini, herbs, and a fine vegetable broth. This recipe is light, filling, healthy, and still full of flavor.

If you're looking for healthy soup recipes, vegan recipes, Mediterranean cuisine, easy vegetable soup, chickpea soup, or a quick meatless dinner, then this recipe is just right for you. The soup is not pureed, but stays nice and chunky, colorful, and appetizing. Just how it tastes homemade, fresh, and really comforting.

I love these old Mediterranean recipes because they rely on simple ingredients yet still have so much flavor. Chickpeas make the soup pleasantly filling, bell peppers and tomatoes give it a fruity note, zucchini and carrots bring freshness, and the herbs make it particularly aromatic. A splash of olive oil and some lemon juice at the end give the soup that typical Mediterranean taste.

This soup is perfect as a healthy lunch, light dinner, or warming recipe for the whole family. It’s vegan, without cream, without meat, and still really delicious. Be sure to try out this simple recipe and let me know in the comments how you liked this Mediterranean soup.

With love,
Your Anna 🤗

📋 INGREDIENTS:
For the soup:
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, finely diced
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 yellow bell pepper, diced
1 small zucchini, diced
1 carrot, small diced
2 tbsp tomato paste
400 g chopped tomatoes (14.1 oz / approx. 1 3/4 cups)
250 g cooked chickpeas (8.8 oz / approx. 1 1/2 cups)
700 ml vegetable broth (23.7 fl oz / approx. 3 cups)
Vegetable broth
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp sweet paprika powder
1/2 tsp cumin
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp thyme
1 pinch of chili flakes to taste
1 tsp maple syrup or sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice

To serve:
2 tbsp fresh parsley, finely chopped
1 tbsp fresh basil, finely chopped
some olive oil for drizzling
optional: toasted bread or baguette