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GREEN GODDESS SOUP Weight Loss Recipe
This recipe is owned and copywritten by GILLIAN McKEITH Copyright 2007.
For Winter Detox
Serves 4
Ingredients:
One large onion peeled and sliced
One clove of garlic peeled and crushed
Two turnips peeled and chopped or
One medium sweet potato peeled and chopped
600mls / 1pt of vegetable stock (from 2 vegetable stock cubes)
2 large courgettes trimmed and cut into 1cm pieces
200g bag of curly kale, rinsed and drained, along with a handful of spinach leaves.
Method:
Sauté the onion and garlic in a sauce pan with a little water for 4 minutes. Add the turnip or sweet potato and sauté for a further three minutes.
Add the rest of the stock and simmer for 10 minutes.
Stir in the courgettes and Kale and simmer for a further 5 minutes.
Add the spinach in at the end and simmer for a further minute.
Pour the soup mixture into the blender or food processor and blend till smooth.
Return to the saucepan and add some freshly chopped curly parsley to garnish