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We love vegetables and as an active family it’s important to us that we are eating plenty of vegetables with our meals. V8 is one of those things I know I can count on for a filling snack or a great accompany to my favorite whole wheat sandwich for lunch.
Part of living a healthy lifestyle is making sure that not only I get everything I need but that my family does too. Healthy snacks and even vegetable juice is a great way to refuel during the day. Especially for my children because they have a lot of after school activities. It’s important to me that they have healthy snacks and meals.
V8 wants to inspire families like ours to celebrate the vegetable and each week this month there’s another fun challenge to complete. You can even win prizes along the way! This week the challenge is to find some bounty at your local farmers or fresh produce market and snap a photo. Don’t forget to tag the photo with #V8VegOut.
To celebrate and to add even more vegetables to our favorite foods we wanted to share a savory fall soup recipe. This Tortellini and Vegetable Soup Recipe will be a new favorite for your entire family!
Tortellini and Vegetable Soup Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 cup grape tomatoes
- 1 cup chopped asparagus
- 1 cup chopped okra
- 1 chopped shallot
- 5 cups V8 Vegetable Juice
- 1 cup water
- 2 TSP ground pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
- 2 cloves chopped garlic
- 2 cups tortellini
You will want to start by first preparing your vegetables. I also chopped the grape tomatoes in half.
I wanted to just saute the vegetables quickly before adding them to the soup. They become more flavorful and create a great base for the soup.
Add fresh basil and season and allow the asparagus to become slightly softened then add it to your soup pot.
I used the V8 as the vegetable soup base and it’s really flavorful and a great way to sneak in extra vegetables. Allow the soup to simmer on a low heat for an hour.
You will want to add the tortellini a half an hour before serving. Enough time for it to soak in all the vegetable flavor.
This soup is easily one of our new favorite fall meals. It’s packed full of flavor with the basil and there’s plenty of our favorite vegetables. We serve it with a warm crunchy french bread and our whole family enjoyed it.
It’s easy to pack more vegetables into your meals with V8! Find V8 on Facebook, Instagram and be sure to follow on Twitter!
Don’t forget to #V8VegOut and complete the first challenge with me!
A good wholesome vegetable soup like this is perfect for this time of year when it gets a little chilly. Great to warm up to.
I eat vegetables every day! I usually roast them or steam them to bring out the flavors. I like your Tortellini soup. It looks healthy and delicious!!
mmmmmm GOOOOD! Can I have a bowl?
That looks really tasty!
I pinned this, looks so good! Thanks!
My family thinks I’m strange because I love, love, love V*!! They spicy kind is awesome!
This looks good! I never would have thought to use V8!
Pinning! This looks fantastic! I love V-8 and Okra! Yum!
Both the V8 and the tortellini were to Vegetable soup ingredients I never thought of. I guess that’s what they mean by “I could have had a V8”
Wow, this looks jam packed with nutrition! Great recipe!
That sounds like a nice recipe, I would have never thought of adding this as the broth.
The soup looks amazing. However, you photos are AMAZING! Looks great.
Using V8 for soup is genius! It has such great flavor already it is perfect for a soup.
This recipe is great. I love V8 as a base. It’s already got a really great flavor to begin with, so it’s only natural that it would be great for a vegetable soup base.
This looks incredible! I will definitely be making this on a cool night to stay warm.
I’m always looking for new soup recipes, and this looks so delicious. Something I have to try out at home!
That looks amazing and perfect for the cool fall evenings. I am a huge fan of anything V8.
Oh this looks SO good! I love tortellini soups, especially in fall and winter. They’re so satisfying.
Your recipe looks amazing! I am going to have to try it this weekend. Thanks so much for the recipe.
Great recipe, I never thought to cook with V8!
Sorry you lost me as soon as I seen the okra. Okra and me just don’t get along.
The soups sounds and looks really good. I never thought to use V8 in soups. I will have to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
This sounds like the perfect recipe for a cool Fall evening, yum!
This looks great! My mom loves V8 I will share with her!
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I never would of thought to use V8 for the soup base. I’m going to have to try this soon. The soup looks delicious.
That looks amazing! This would be a perfect fall recipe! I had no idea you could use V8, how cool is that.
I never would have thought to use V8 as a soup base! Huh, you learn something new every day!
I never really used V8 for cooking, so I’m curious to try this recipe. It sounds absolutely delicious, not to mention healthy for people who are trying to be fit.
I used to drink V8 as a child all the time. I haven’t had it in a long time so I wonder if it’s changed since then.
From all the spices I see in the recipe, this looks like a really tasty food. It also looks really healthy.
I agree. It doesn’t get much healthier than vegetable soup with a V8 base. That’s got to be an entire weeks worth of veggies!
I love Tortellini in my soup! I usually add it to a chicken based soup but I am going to try this recipe as it looks so yummy.
This soup looks really yummy! Your photos look great.
That looks SO tasty! Thanks for sharing this awesome recipe!
I used to make soup all the time with V8 in college – totally forgot about that! Makes everything super easy!
That Tortellini looks so good. I love a good soup especially this time of year.
I really love dishes which are flavorful, colorful and healthy. My family favors vegetarian dishes and this soup recipe is a must-try!
OMG looks delicious and I love tortellini. Yet another way to eat it now.
Oh I love vegetable soup and would have never thought of making it with V8. I am totally pinning this for later. YUMMY
This looks super delicious! I am a soup person and I especailly love them in the Fall. Looks pretty easy to make also, thanks for the recipe!
Right? Perfect for fall… I totally have to check it out for myself.
I can use more vegetables in my diet. This recipe sounds really good. I will have to try it.
I’ve never cooked with V8, but this dish looks wonderful. Talk about a very veggie vegetable soup. One bowl must equal an entire day’s serving of veggies with V8 as a base!
That looks so yummy! I love soups on a cold rainy day.
Looks like the perfect fall recipe! Great way to use V8!
That looks delicious! I have never thought to use V8 in my soups and stews. That would be an awesome shortcut.
I love it! I haven’t tried making a vegetable soup and I never knew I could use Tortellini with it. LOL. Thanks to your post now I know what to serve this cold season. 😀
I love V8 but haven’t had any in a long time. This looks fabulous. Thanks for the recipe.
It makes perfect sense to use V8 as a base for vegetable soup! This sounds really tasty.
I have loved cooking with V8 Juice foir years. My favorite recipe to make with it is to pour a mug full add a few dashes of hot sauce and heat in microwave. Add cut up cheese cubes and eat like soup.
What a great idea! One more delicious way to use V8!
That looks delicious. I would have never thought to use V8 in a recipe. Very creative!
Oh wow, my mouth is watering! I love this recipe, saving to make this week. Thanks!
We love our veggies! Can’t wait to try this recipe on a chilly fall day!
That sounds really good. I never would have thought to cook with v8.
Yum, that looks great! Those tortellini are a shape I’ve never seen before!