Hot Dog Soup

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 hot dogs, each cut in 6 pieces
• 2 lbs potatoes, peeled and cut in 2-inch pieces
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 garlic clove (to taste)
• 3 cups plain tomato puree
• 3 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• black pepper
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 8 ounces green beans, cut into thirds
• 2 green zucchini, halved and cut into triangles
• 1 red bell pepper, trimmed and membrane removed, cut into 2-inch strips, then into triangles

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in a dutch oven and add hot dogs, sauteing them over medium heat to give color and bring out the flavor. add the garlic, then the tomato puree.
• 2 to this mixture add: water, salt, pepper, italian seasoning and sugar. bring to a boil.
• 3 add the potatoes and simmer 5 minutes.
• 4 add the green beans, zucchini and red bell pepper. the about.com host demonstrated cutting the latter 2 vegetables into triangles. he laid the strip of vegetable at a slant and made a cut; this is the first side of the triangle. he then moved the strip in the other direction so that the next cut would complete the triangle. the angles will be approximately 45 degrees. after adding these vegetables, cover the pot and simmer 15-20 minutes or until vegetables are tender. kids like their vegetables nice and soft.