Creamy Vegetable Soup

This is a total revamp of my Cheeseburger turned Cheesy Vegetable Soup, now turned Creamy. lol  I'll be honest, the original tastes the best, but this really tasted good, too and with so much less fat and calories.  Try it out!

Pam
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
 cup sliced celery
3/4 cup sliced carrots
1 T. dried parsley flakes
3 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
4 cups chopped potato (I used red)
1 1/2 cups frozen corn
1 cup milk (1 %)
1 1/2 cups grated colby jack cheese
1/4 cups greek yogurt, plain (replaces sour cream in original recipe)

Spray Pam in the bottom of a large pot, cook onions, bell pepper, celery, carrots, and parsley.  When vegetables are soft, add broth, potatos, and most of the corn.  When potatoes are done, use an immersion blender to blend most of the soup - to desired consistency.  Add remaining corn (I like having some of the kernels whole, you could just add it all before using the blender.), milk, and cheese.  Season to taste (I used black pepper, garlic salt, and some cayenne pepper.).  Add greek yogurt and stir until blended.  Serve with saltine crackers, if desired.

Makes about 8 cups (about 4 adult servings)

Nutritional info per 1 cup: 165.2 calories, 2.2g total fat, 27.7g carbs, and 9.9g protien.

Stir-fry

Stir-fry is great because it is so easy and you can totally tweak the ingredients according to your taste or what you've got on hand.  I made a stir-fry tonight that was so yummy that I HAD to have seconds.  Thankfully, it's pretty healthy too, so that was okay!

1 onion, thinly sliced
1 red pepper, thinly sliced
4 celery stalks, thinly sliced
1 zucchini, thinly sliced
2 Tbsp. light olive oil
4-5 Tbsp. Stir-fry sauce
Black pepper to taste

Heat oil; add onion, pepper, and celery.   Cook for 5 minutes or so, add zucchini and stir-fry sauce.  Season with black pepper.  Cook for 3-5 minutes more.  Serve over rice. 

I use parboiled rice because it is much healthier than white rice but tastes exactly the same so no one even notices; it would be even better to serve with brown rice.