Green Soup
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- Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
1 tbsp olive oil1 yellow onion, chopped4 cloves garlic, chopped (more if you like garlic)4 shallots, chopped 2 leeks, light green & white parts, sliced thin1 bunch of asparagus, chopped (frozen or fresh)1 bag broccoli (frozen or fresh)1 bag spinach (frozen or fresh)32 oz low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth
Heat the olive oil in a big pot. Throw in the chopped onion, garlic, and shallots. Sweat them for a few minutes on medium-low heat, making sure not to brown them. Add the leeks and cook until soft. (Add a bit of chicken broth if you need more liquid.) Add the chopped asparagus, cook until soft. (You might want to zap it in the microwave for a minute or two if it's frozen.) Again, add a bit of chicken broth if you need more juice. Once cooked, add all the broccoli and the rest of the chicken broth and simmer until the broccoli is soft. Finally, add the spinach and simmer for a bit longer until everything is cooked through. (You can also throw everything in the pot, bring it to a boil, and simmer until everything's cooked, but I've heard that it creates a soup that isn't as green.)
Remove from heat and let cool. Plug in your blender. Using a ladel, pour a few scoops of the soup into the blender at a time and blend to the consistancy you like. Pour the blended soup into a big mixing bowl. Once all the soup is blended and in the mixing bowl, give it a few stirs to make sure everything's evenly distributed. Leave it in the bowl, or separate it into jars for future meals.
Add different spices to each bowl depending on what you feel like - salt, pepper, cumin, curry, Italian seasoning, etc. Also try mixing in a few dollops of plain greek yogurt for a creamy soup with a kick of protein. For a heartier meal, you can add a protein (salmon, tuna, chicken) and/or grain (rice, quinoa) and/or steam veggies (cauliflower, bell peppers, potatoes). The possibilities are endless!
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DIME222.
Remove from heat and let cool. Plug in your blender. Using a ladel, pour a few scoops of the soup into the blender at a time and blend to the consistancy you like. Pour the blended soup into a big mixing bowl. Once all the soup is blended and in the mixing bowl, give it a few stirs to make sure everything's evenly distributed. Leave it in the bowl, or separate it into jars for future meals.
Add different spices to each bowl depending on what you feel like - salt, pepper, cumin, curry, Italian seasoning, etc. Also try mixing in a few dollops of plain greek yogurt for a creamy soup with a kick of protein. For a heartier meal, you can add a protein (salmon, tuna, chicken) and/or grain (rice, quinoa) and/or steam veggies (cauliflower, bell peppers, potatoes). The possibilities are endless!
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DIME222.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 101.6
- Total Fat: 2.9 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 460.9 mg
- Total Carbs: 15.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 5.5 g
- Protein: 7.4 g
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