This recipe comes from the book by Gillian McKeith "You Are What You Eat Cookbook". (Thanks again for the great cookbook, Mom!)
Healing Spinach Soup Recipe serves 4
What You'll Need:
1 onion, peeled and chopped
1 tsp olive oil
1 tbsp water
1 pound fresh baby spinach
1 zucchini, chopped (optional)
1 vegetable boullion cube
1 cup chicken or vegetable broth
2 cups boiling water
1 handful fresh parsley
Nutmeg to taste
1. Place the onion, olive oil, and 1 tbsp water in a large pot. Cook over medium-low heat for 2-3 minutes, until onion is soft.
2. Add the spinach, zucchini (optional), 2 cups boiling water, bouillion cube, 1 cup broth, and parsley to the pot and cook for roughly 10 minutes on high.
3. Remove pot from heat (safety reasons), and blend all together either with a handheld immersion blender, or transfer in small batches to regular blender (then, of course, returning it from the regular blender to the pot). Blend until smooth.
4. Return the pot to heat, season with nutmeg and reheat gently.
5. Divide among soup bowls and garnish with anything that suits your fancy! (Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, baby spinach leaves, etc). Enjoy!
The recipe in the book doesn't call for the zucchini, but I added it because 1) I had a zucchini that was about to go bad that I wanted to use up, and 2) it adds a little more fiber and overall oomph to the soup.
Namaste,
Z
