This delicious soup is nutrient rich and naturally sweet. Packed with ingredients to cleanse and nourish your body. It is a cleansing, low protein, low fat soup which is great for after a huge weekend of eating rich, party food! This soup is great to enjoy between meals, or as a starter before your main meal.
TIP: Make a big batch and enjoy in different ways over a few days. Keep it simple, or add proteins - suggestions below
It adds micro-nutrients (vitamins & minerals) plus antioxidants to your body, great for protecting your body's cells from free-radicals, which can cause cell damage, leading to chronic illness.
If your body is well-nourished with a nutrient-rich soup, you are less likely to over-eat at the main meal. Your gut will love the benefits of
fuel from the veggies and special compounds in the other ingredients.
Garlic contains compounds to reduce risk of disease, and prebiotics (special fibres which the good gut bacteria love to munch on). It is antimicrobial and can help reduce blood pressure.
Apple contains prebiotics and is a rich source of micro-nutrients. Although some of the vitamin C will be depleted by cooking.
Celery is great source of insoluble fibre to cleanse the bowel and also feed your friendly gut bacteria.
Ginger is great for digestion and gut health.
Turmeric is anti-inflammatory - remember to use with black pepper to absorb the curcumin.
Let's jump to the recipe...
INGREDIENTS:
1 apple - peeled & chopped
3 stalks of celery - chopped
1/2 a sweet potato - chopped
2 carrots - chopped
1 onion - chopped
1 teasp nutmeg
1/2-1 teasp turmeric
1/2-1 teasp black pepper
stock of choice (grass fed bone broth would make it extra nourishing)
2 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger (or 1/2 teasp dried)
1 tablespoon dried parsley
Sprig of Rosemary (remove before blending)
Extra parsley to serve.
WHAT TO DO:
Note: Add the herbs, spices, garlic and ginger near the end of cooking and remove the rosemary, or you'll have little woody pieces through your soup.
Simply bring everything to the boil, then simmer for around half an hour. Cool slightly before blending.
Fancy soup as your main meal? Easy!
Simply add your choice of protein:
chicken (pasture raised),
lentils,
dollop of yoghurt
sprinkle of pumpkin seeds
milk of choice
cheese
toasted almonds
plus a generous drizzle of EVOO.
**Top with a generous serving of fresh herbs.
Parsley contains antioxidants and is a rich source of vitamin K, which is a fat-soluble vitamin, so it will be absorbed by dietary fats from your other foods.
If you'd like to read more about antioxidants and why they are important, feel free to click on the link below and it'll take you to another one of my blogs.
I love having a kitchen garden at the back door. Sometimes it's a bit overgrown! However, popping out to forage for basil, parsley, lemon grass, mint & rosemary is always something I love to do.
Herbs and spices are super important for micronutrients and antioxidants, to keep your body's cells healthy.
Hi, I'm Laura, if this is your first time to my website, welcome! I'm super passionate about healthy living and love finding ways to improve wellbeing of myself and others. I hope you enjoyed the soup. Let me know what you think.
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Laura x
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