Tuesday Night: Quickie Vegetable Soup

The idea for this came from an episode of Jacque Pepin's Fast Food My Way show. It's a great way to use up a bunch of stuff that's laying around in the fridge. Quantities are pretty unimportant, but here's what I used last night:

1/2 lb brown mushrooms, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 lb green beans, shredded
1 medium onion, shredded
3 small zucchini, shredded
2 carrots, shredded
1 quart chicken stock
2-3 oz arugula
1/2 cup parsley, chopped
Juice of one lemon
salt and pepper

Cook the mushrooms and garlic in olive oil until they start to brown. Add everything else down to (and including) the stock. Bring to a boil and simmer for a couple of minutes. Add the other ingredients, simmer a few more minutes, adjust seasoning.

Serve with grated cheese (I used leftover manchego).