Cream of Spinach Soup
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- Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
- Onions, 1 large, chopped- Potato, 2 medium, peeled and chopped- Water, 3 cups- Salt, 2 tsp - Spinach, fresh, 1 pound, cleaned and stemmed- Garlic, 5 cloves, peeled only- Milk, hot nonfat, 1.5 cup - Nutmeg, ground, (to taste)- Butter, salted, 2 tbsp - Whole Wheat Flour, 3 tbsps
1) Place onion, potatoes, water and salt in a large pot. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer until the potatoes are tender. Remove from heat, add spinach and garlic cloves and set aside.
2) Melt the butter over low heat in a small pan. Whisk in flour and keep whisking over low heat for 5 minutes. Drizzle in the milk. Continue to whisk and cook until smooth (about 5 to 8 minutes more).
3) Purée the vegetables in their cooking water; return the purée to the pan. Stir in the white sauce. Adjust the salt and add white pepper to taste. Serve hot, topped with a subtle sprinkling of nutmeg.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BKWERM.
2) Melt the butter over low heat in a small pan. Whisk in flour and keep whisking over low heat for 5 minutes. Drizzle in the milk. Continue to whisk and cook until smooth (about 5 to 8 minutes more).
3) Purée the vegetables in their cooking water; return the purée to the pan. Stir in the white sauce. Adjust the salt and add white pepper to taste. Serve hot, topped with a subtle sprinkling of nutmeg.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BKWERM.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 158.2
- Total Fat: 4.5 g
- Cholesterol: 11.4 mg
- Sodium: 902.6 mg
- Total Carbs: 24.8 g
- Dietary Fiber: 4.4 g
- Protein: 6.9 g