Name: Healthy Vegetarian Cabbage Roll Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: • 3 tbsp olive oil; • 1/2 yellow onion, diced; • 2 cloves garlic, minced; • 8 cups low sodium chicken broth or vegetable broth; • 1/2 tsp dried thyme; • 1 tsp kosher salt; • 1/2 tsp black pepper or to taste; • 1/2 head cabbage, chopped in about 1 1/2" chunks; • 4 medium carrots, peeled and chopped; • 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced; • 1 14.5 oz. can stewed tomatoes

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This Healthy Vegetarian Cabbage Roll Soup is meatless and stocked with vegetables. It’s a hearty, healthy and delicious dinner that tastes just like cabbage rolls! This soup takes less than 1 hour to make.

A bowl of food on a table, with Soup and Cabbage

On the heels of my much-loved Slow Cooker Cabbage Roll Soup recipe (an unstuffed cabbage roll soup based on traditional cabbage rolls) comes this healthier version. Packed with vegetables, and meatless – this recipe has fewer ingredients and is made on the stovetop in less than an hours time.

While I will always adore my slow cooker version that includes ground beef, this Healthy Vegetarian Cabbage Roll Soup recipe is more stock and vegetables based.

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Made without the ground beef, this recipe takes less time to make. It’s good in a pinch when the craving hits, and NOW.

It wasn’t long ago that my daughter chose a Vegetarian lifestyle for almost a year. Dinner options were sometimes difficult, and this is how this recipe came to be. I wanted that taste, while also respecting her choices in going meatless.

The best part is, you can control how thick or thin this healthy soup is by adjusting the stock to your preference.

How To Make Vegetarian Cabbage Roll Soup

Making this soup recipe could not be easier, in fact there’s only two steps in the instructions and it’s made on the stove top!

You’ll need the following ingredients. The full recipe for this low carb healthy soup and detailed instructions are on the printable recipe card below.

olive oil
yellow onion
garlic
low sodium chicken broth or vegetable broth
dried thyme
kosher salt
black pepper
head cabbage
carrots
celery stalks
can stewed tomatoes

Simply add the olive oil, onion and garlic into a large pot, and cook for 3-5 minutes over medium high heat.

Then, add in the broth, thyme, salt, pepper, cabbage, tomatoes, carrots, and celery. Simmer on low for 30 minutes and the soup with such a great flavor is ready to be enjoyed!

This is such an easy soup to make, and a great one-pot meal to have on a chilly day. It’s a hearty soup perfect for busy weeknights.

For those that want a classic soup recipe, check out our original crock pot version, and also this Lazy Cabbage Rolls recipe.

It’s not a soup, yet rather hearty meal and a great recipe for an unstuffed traditional cabbage roll recipe with lean ground beef and tomato sauce. You can also use ground turkey for this easy recipe.

There are so many comforting recipes to get that same classic cabbage rolls taste, with a fraction of the work.

A bowl of food on a plate, with Soup and Cabbage

To Store: Place leftover soup in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 5 days.

This delicious soup freezes well for later, and it’s great for making individual portions. After cooled to room temperature, place in freezer bags or small airtight containers and freeze up to 3 months. For this reason, I like to make a double batch of this soup.

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