Vegetarian Tortilla Soup

It's been getting pretty chilly around here and I've been in a soup mood.

I won't lie, I've never had tortilla soup before and Michael and I were having a Mexican quinoa casserole and I just wanted some soup to go with it. So behold my crazy googling to figure out what was in tortilla soup and then I made my own version.

Vegetarian Tortilla Soup

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 medium yellow onion, diced

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 large zucchini, chopped

1 large potato, diced

1 bag of frozen yellow corn

15 ounce cans diced fire-roasted tomatoes, drained

1 small can of diced green chiles

1 can low-sodium black beans, drained and rinsed

About 6 cups of low-sodium vegetable broth

1.5 teaspoon chile powder

1.5 teaspoon cumin

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Unsalted corn tortilla chips

1. Heat the oil over medium high heat in a large stock pot,  add the onion, zucchini, and potato and saute until soft, about 5-10 minutes. Add the garlic and saute for a minute.

2. Add the corn, tomatoes, chiles, beans, vegetable broth, and spices. The broth should just cover the vegetable mix, if need be supplement with water.

3. Bring to a boil and then lower to a simmer for 35 minutes. Ladle into bowls and top with crushed tortilla chips, sour cream, and cheese.

It's warm with a little kick from the spices and chiles and packed with veggies and beans. Definitely a quick soup to put together and enjoy on the cold nights!

Enjoy!