Showing posts with label Soups. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soups. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

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Watercress soup. Easy and delicious :-)



A must try...
It only takes about 20 minutes to make this delicious watercress soup.
It is one of our faves :-) can be eaten warm or at room temperature.


Recipe

2 potatoes 
2 garlic cloves
1 bunch of watercress
Salt to taste

In a pot, bring water to a boil. Add the potatoes (cut in quarters)and garlic. Let cook for 15 minutes. 
Bring heat to low and Purée the potatoes and garlic. 
Add watercress (can be added by whole stems or cut the stems in half, whichever way preferred) and season with salt. Cook on low heat for an additional 5 minutes. Remove from heat, and serve. 

Super easy, super delicious. 


Wednesday, January 29, 2014

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Vegetable, quinoa soup. Something to warm you up for this cold weather

Ingredients

2 cups of quinoa
A bunch of Swiss chard
A bunch of red Swiss chard
One bag of baby bok choy
2 heads of broccoli  
Half head of cauliflower 
1 cup of spinach
2 stalks if celery 
One small whole garlic head
One onion
4 skinless chicken thighs
Salt and pepper 
A pinch of paprika 
2 tblsp of tomato paste

Directions

Note: Leave broccoli, cawliflower, celery and spinach aside. Chop the broccoli and cawliflower up, thinly slice the stems and celery and put aside.
In a pot bring water to a boil, add garlic, onion, collard greens, bok choy, some broccoli and cawliflower and chicken thighs. Let cook for about 15 minutes.
Once cooked, remove chicken to a plate. Pure the veggies in the soup.
Slice chicken into thin pieces
Add 2 cups of quinoa.
Add chicken to pured soup and all your chopped veggies and spinach. Let cook for another 10-15 minutes until quinoa fully cooked.

Warm and delicious. Perfect for cold weather. Enjoy...