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Green Goddess Soup (Immunity Boosting Soup)
Green Goddess Soup - a healthy nutrient packed immunity boosting soup that tastes absolutely delicious and comforting with a base of leeks, potato, garlic, ginger and tons of dark leafy greens. Feel free to skip that boring salad and dive into a bowl of this goodness instead, your immune system will be vibrating with life.
👥 6 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 45 min⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 30 min👤 Florentina📖 ciaoflorentina
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- pot
- blender
📝 Preparation Steps
1
slice + clean leeks
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2
Slice the leeks and add them to a large bow of cold water. Agitate the water well then allow them to sit for a few minutes. The sand and grit will wall to the bottom and the cleaned leeks will float to the top.
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3
saute aromatics
4
Preheat a heavy bottom stock pot over medium heat. Add a drizzle of olive oil and sauté the onion, carrot, celery and parsley stalks with a pinch of salt until they start to soften and the onion starts to get a little color.
carrot (peeled + diced)1
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add garlic, ginger + chili pepper
6
Push the aromatics to the sides, drizzle a little olive oil in the center and drop in the garlic and ginger + chili pepper if using. Cook until fragrant then give everything a good stir.
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add leeks
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Using a spider ladle start scooping the clean leeks from the water and add them to the pot with the aromatics. Stir and let everything sauté together until the leeks have wilted.
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9
add potatoes + water + salt
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Add the potato and water and bring to a boil. Add the salt, partially cover with a lid and simmer everything together for 10 to ⏱️ 15 minutes until the potatoes are fully cooked through.
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stor in dark leafy greens
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Add the dark leafy greens and parsley leaves to the soup, stir and simmer a few minutes until fully wilted. Remove from heat.
13
puree with nutritional yeast
14
Using a large ladle start transferring the hot soup to a Vitamix blender (or a similarly powerful blender). Work in batches as needed and process the soup on the hot liquid setting together with the nutritional yeast until silky smooth.
15
adjust seasonings
16
Transfer all the creamy soup back into the soup pot and adjust seasonings to taste with salt and pepper.
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garnish + serve
18
Serve hot with a pinch of black sesame seeds, red chili flakes and bite size pieces of garlic bruschetta torn on top.
Nutrition Facts
calories
79 kcal
fat Content
1 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
4 g
sugar Content
3 g
sodium Content
435 mg
protein Content
4 g
carbohydrate Content
16 g
saturated Fat Content
0.1 g
unsaturated Fat Content
0.35 g
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