Vegan Dollhouse - Panera Bread Ten Vegetable Soup (copycat recipe)

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons (27g) olive oil (optional)
• 1 large or 2 small (150g) diced onion
• 3 stalks (120g) diced celery
• 3 (180g) diced carrots
• 1 red bell pepper, diced (160g)
• 1 yellow bell pepper, diced (180g)
• 1 ½ cups (250g) frozen corn
• 1 can (425g) chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained and rinsed (~228g)
• 1 cup (190g) frozen spinach or 3 cups (loosely measured, not packed) raw spinach
• 8 cups (1768g) vegetable broth
• a 6-ounce can (170g) tomato paste
• 2 15-ounce cans (850g) of diced tomatoes
• ½ cup (82g) rinsed brown rice or roasted buckwheat
• 2 tablespoons (32g) braggs liquid aminos
• 2 tablespoons (~6 cloves/18g) minced or finely chopped garlic
• 1 tablespoon (15g) of lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons (9g) mirin
• 2 tablespoons (16g) nutritional yeast
• 1 tablespoon (18g) sea salt
• 2 teaspoons (1g) dried basil
• 2 teaspoons (4g) ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon (3g) chili powder
• ½ teaspoon (1g) ground black pepper
• 2 bay leaves