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This easy cabbage soup recipe is full of colorful and aromatic vegetables and delicious fire-roasted tomatoes. It’s one of the best cabbage soup recipes you can make and at my house, we eat it often! It is a delicious one-pot meal full of goodness and quick to make on busy weeknights. Along with the vegetables, this cabbage vegetable soup is flavored with broth (chicken or vegetable), garlic, Italian seasoning, and lemon juice. You can make it from scratch in just 40 minutes.

A white pot filled with a cabbage vegetable soup containing carrots, potatoes, and various herbs. Surrounding items include a pepper grinder, a bowl of greens, a cabbage half, and lemon slices.

This easy green cabbage soup is easy to make, tasty and packed with nutritious vegetables. You can use any veggies you like and it’s also freezer-friendly.

If you enjoy making soup, you might also like to try simple baked feta soup, cozy lentil soup, or this Italian sausage tortellini soup.

A pot of hearty cabbage soup filled with carrots, potatoes, and tomatoes, garnished with fresh parsley. Nearby are fresh green beans, lemon slices, herbs, salt, and a pepper grinder.

Why You’ll Love It

Easy to make: Making this simply entails sauteing some of the vegetables, adding seasoning, adding broth, and then adding more vegetables and letting it simmer until done.
Good for you: Vegetables are a great source of nutrients and this tasty cabbage soup is packed with them. Cabbage is a great source of Vitamins C and K, as well as fiber.
Customizable: You can add any vegetables you want to your cabbage soup and omit any you don’t like. You can also add other ingredients like noodles, pasta or different herbs and spices.

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Vegetable Cabbage Soup Ingredients

A complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.

Vegetables: You can’t make cabbage vegetable soup without vegetables! Feel free to use anything you want.
Garlic: To add flavor. You can add extra if you love it.
Italian seasoning: Adds depth of flavor.
Fire roasted diced tomatoes: This ingredient adds sweetness and flavor. Use regular diced tomatoes if you prefer.
Lemon juice: To cut through the rich, sweet flavors and add another dimension to the overall taste of the soup.

Ingredients for a delicious cabbage vegetable soup recipe laid out on a marble surface include carrots, tomatoes, green beans, peas, broth, onions, potatoes, lemon, garlic, herbs, spices, salt, pepper, and olive oil.

How to Make Vegetable Soup with Cabbage

For more detailed instructions with weights and measurements, jump to the printable recipe card.

Sauté vegetables: Sauté the onions, carrots and celery with salt and pepper in a 5-quart soup pot over a medium heat until tender.
Add seasonings: Stir in the garlic and Italian seasoning and cook stirring occasionally for a minute.
Add the broth and vegetables: Add the broth and then the vegetables and canned tomatoes. Cover and simmer.
The finishing touches: Take the delicious soup off the heat and stir in lemon juice. Serve garnished with fresh parsley.

A ladle scoops a vegetable soup recipe with cabbage from a pot, containing potatoes, carrots, green beans, peas, and tomatoes in a rich, hearty broth.

Substitutions and Variations

Gluten-free option: If you want a gluten-free version, ensure you’re using gluten-free chicken or veggie broth in this cabbage soup recipe.
Different vegetables: Anything goes! Try broccoli, zucchini, mushrooms, asparagus, or squash. As for the potatoes, try red, sweet, white, russet, or baby yellow potatoes.
Your choice of broth: Chicken stock or chicken broth is good and you can also make this delicious recipe with vegetable broth or even try lamb broth or beef broth for a different result.
Add some pasta: Fusilli, penne, ditalini, macaroni, and pasta shells are just some possibilities.
Add some protein: Chicken, ground turkey, white beans, lentils, or steak work in this soup.
Fresh or frozen: Use fresh or frozen vegetables, depending what you have. If green beans are in season, I like to use fresh ones in cabbage soup recipes.
Vegan cabbage soup: Use vegetable broth in place of the chicken broth. Mushroom broth is another flavorful broth option for this cabbage soup diet recipe.
Different spices: Swap the Italian seasoning for anything else you like. You could swap it for ground cumin, dried oregano and a pinch of chili powder or cayenne pepper and also swap the lemon juice for lime juice for a south-of-the-border style cabbage soup that could be garnished with cilantro instead of fresh parsley.

A bowl of cabbage veggie soup containing carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, and greens, garnished with parsley. Lemon slices and more parsley are in the background.

Serving Suggestions

Main dishes: If your cabbage soup is an appetizer, enjoy Mediterranean baked cod or deconstructed cabbage rolls afterward.
Side dishes:
Having cabbage soup for lunch? It pairs well with crusty bread and butter or garlic bread.
Desserts: Finish up with lemon sheet cake or keep it light with a jello dessert.

Close-up of a bowl of cabbage and vegetable soup with carrots, potatoes, green beans, and a lemon slice garnish. Fresh herbs are also visible in the broth.

How to Store Vegetable and Cabbage Soup

Store: Keep leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Freeze: This soup freezes well. Freeze it for up to 3 months.
Thaw: Thaw overnight in the refrigerator.
Reheat: Warm it back up in a pan on the stove or in the microwave.

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Top Tips

Use a big pot: Use a 5-quart pot for this recipe. I have this one and use it for meal prep all the time!
Sauté in olive oil: Olive oil has a great flavor for sauteing. You can use another oil if you prefer but a good quality olive oil is really good in cabbage soup.
Make a batch: Feel free to double or even triple the recipe. Cabbage soup keeps for days and it also freezes really well.

A bowl of a cabbage soup recipe containing potatoes, carrots, peas, green beans, and a slice of lemon on top, garnished with fresh parsley.

Vegetable Soup Recipe with Cabbage FAQs

Can you make this spicy?

Sure, add red pepper flakes or a splash of hot sauce if you like.

Do you have to use green cabbage?

Feel free to use green or white cabbage or even red cabbage or napa cabbage. You can also mix and match more than one type.

Is this a low calorie soup?

Yes it’s very low in calories. To make it even lower, you could use nonstick cooking spray in place of the olive oil.

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Cabbage and Vegetable Soup Recipe

5 from 6 votes

Cabbage Vegetable Soup

This easy green cabbage vegetable soup recipe is easy to make, tasty and packed with nutritious vegetables. You can use any veggies you like and it's also freezer-friendly.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 6

Ingredients 

  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 yellow onion, large, finely chopped
  • 3 carrots, peeled and diced
  • 3 Stalks celery, diced
  • 1 Teaspoon salt
  • ½ Teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
  • 3 Cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 Teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 5 Cups vegetable broth, or chicken
  • 12 baby potatoes, sliced in half
  • 1 Cup green beans, frozen
  • ½ Cup peas, frozen
  • ½ green cabbage, cored and chopped
  • 15 Ounces canned tomatoes, chopped, fire-roasted
  • 1 Tablespoon lemon juice, about ½ lemon
  • parsley, fresh chopped, optional for garnish

Instructions 

  • Heat olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onions, carrots, and celery. Season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring often, for 6 to 8 minutes, or until vegetables are softened.
  • Stir in garlic, and Italian seasoning, cook for 1 minute, or until fragrant.
  • Add broth and bring to a boil. Add the potatoes, green beans, peas, cabbage, and fire-roasted tomatoes. Cover and reduce heat to a simmer, and cook, stirring occasionally for 20 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice. Divide soup among bowls and garnish with fresh parsley if desired. Serve immediately.

Notes

Use a big pot: Use a 5-quart pot for this recipe. I have this one and use it for meal prep all the time!
Sauté in olive oil: Olive oil has a great flavor for sauteing. You can use another oil if you prefer but a good quality olive oil is really good in cabbage soup.
Make a batch: Feel free to double or even triple the recipe. Cabbage soup keeps for days and it also freezes really well.

Nutrition

Calories: 200kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 0.5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 1325mg | Potassium: 1067mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 6057IU | Vitamin C: 69mg | Calcium: 109mg | Iron: 3mg
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This tasty cabbage vegetable soup is made with vegetable or chicken broth, canned crushed tomatoes, garlic, lemon juice, and seasonings, along with plenty of nutritious vegetables. It’s a breeze to make and you can expect a flavor that deserves 5 stars! Cabbage and vegetable broth is absolutely delicious and it’s so low in calories you can enjoy as many bowls of it as you want.

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5 from 6 votes (2 ratings without comment)

4 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    I’ve been on a soup kick lately, and every sip of this dish feels so nourishing. Already craving this!