Watercress Soup Recipes

Legend has it that a diet of watercress enabled St Brendan to like to the ripe old age of 180.

When I was much younger a few times a week my Dad and I would go and check out the nature around our house in the Buffalo Mountains. My favorite question was (and still is) 'Can I eat it?'.
Besides the summer-sweet berries my favorite was always 'Watercrispies' with their peppery/mineral flavor that practically shouted their boasts of health. I could never get enough.
A recent trip down to the creek here at peak season for 'Watercrispies' (early May) yielded quite a good haul so I decided to see what Julia Child had to say about Watercress Soup. This is my Paleo-Friendly answer to that recipe.

This is a very low calorie diuratic soup. Faintly tastes like a peppery potato soup, though bright green in color.

From the Food of France: A Regional Celebration by Sarah Woodward with a foreward by Raymond Blanc - A Loire Valley Recipe

Watercress is one of the truly great radiant foods. It's hugely antioxidant, especially protective against lung cancer, and rich in iron, which makes it a key to inner beauty.

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Tasty very low fat watercress soup

This is from "Herbs and Spices the Cook's Reference" by Jill Norman. This light soup is made in the Cantonese manner. Any fine-textured fish in the flounder/sole family can be used.

this is a low carb just before dinner filler

a hearty soup with a good peppery tang to it! use wild watercress if available for a special treat!!

Done as 2 servings - use less water.
19% calcium, 25% iron, 14% zinc

lovely filling soup that's easy to make
Uses up left-overs
enough for 4-6 portions

. This soup is good with a delicate flavor. It would also work well with chopped kale. I went to a class on making soup years ago. The chef taught us to put grains and greens in the bowl and add hot soup to avoid mushy grains and greens.

Yummy and super healthy soup!

can also be prepared with fresh radish leaves