Healthy Mexican Soup

A spicy Mexican soup with hidden healthy ingredients. Very easy to adapt and personalize! The pasta, tofu, and wheat germ are optional, but they add a lot of health benefits! It's hard to go wrong with this recipe. If you have a little more or a little less of certain items, dump them all together and see what you think!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 304 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 1 dash hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®), or to taste
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 cup whole wheat rotini pasta
• 1 (15.5 ounce) can kidney beans
• 1 cup frozen corn, or more to taste
• 2 slices medium-firm tofu, cubed
• ¼ cup wheat germ, or more to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine diced tomatoes, water, kidney beans, corn, rotini, tofu, wheat germ, and hot pepper sauce in a pot; bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until rotini are tender, about 20 minutes.