Showing posts with label Soup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soup. Show all posts

August 2, 2013

Friends on Friday - Get your green on!


Mish is the founder and CEO of mishfit mothers and says this recipe is “easy as” as long as you remember to secure the Vitamix lid! And it is.

I met Mish after my first baby, he was 10 weeks old and I needed to move and feel my body again so I joined mishfit; a specialised personal training program designed for pregnant and post-natal women, she was great, it was great, she educates women on how to exercise safely and its in a place where your babies and children are welcome. 

Broccoli Soup Recipe

Broccoli is a real superfood; it contains substantial amounts of nutrients that are extremely good for your health including vitamins A, C, folic acid, fiber and calcium. It also has amazing properties that detoxify oestrogen overload in the liver! To get the full benefits of your broccoli its best to buy ORGANIC, as it’s one of the most sprayed conventionally grown veggies.


Ingredients:
4 generous heads of broccoli
1 x onion
2-3 garlic cloves
1 Lt. vegetable stock
1/2 to 3/4 cup of pine nuts
Olive oil

Method:
Soak roughly cut up broccoli in cold water and salt to clean and to remove bugs, dirt and chemical. Include stalks too but peel first so that it easily cooks and breaks down.
Heat pan, sauté onion and garlic in a little oil. Add chopped broccoli and good quality stock cover with lid and cook till tender.

Pop in blender with 1/2 to 3/4 cup of pine nuts and blend. Secure lid of blender tightly! And buzz away.

Return to heat if it has cooled down.
Serve with a delicious piece of crusty sourdough lavished with butter.
Enjoy.

May 16, 2011

Chicken soup - it really is good for the soul

Oh my feet are freezing and my fingers too. I have tried the star jumps (they usually work) but today I am making chicken soup. I guess it is one of my favourite things to do on these very chilly Autumn days. Is it still only Autumn - I can't believe we have months of 'keep warm tips' to come, maybe if I dream a little harder of that tropical beach holiday it will manifest itself!


Here is a quick chicken soup recipe, good to warm your bones, your sniffles and your soul.
Onion
Chicken carcass (ours is left over from last nights roast)
Celery
Carrot
Pumpkin
Salt/Pepper
Water

It's all pretty easy, as you may have worked out by now I'm a bit of a slap dash cook! What ever is in the house goes in and measurements are for the faint hearted.
I brown the onions in some oil, throw in the chicken, add some water, throw in the veggies, some salt and stock if you have some (I didn't today) bring to boil and simmer.

Eat with crispy yummy bread and butter.