Friday, 6 July 2012

Sunshine Soup


This soup is inspired by Nigella Lawson's Happiness Soup which I have adapted to make it anti-inflammatory.

Nigella is known for her love of food, vocabulary, and life and that is what you have in Happiness Soup. For those without a soup maker you can do no better than to start with her recipe.

I am calling my version Sunshine Soup because just a few minutes of sunshine in winter makes the world seem like a better place.


Ingredients (All Preferably Organic):
Serves 2

280g Summer Squash (Roughly Chopped)
1 Small White Onion (Roughly Chopped)
1/4 Lemon (Zest Peel & Juice)
1 Large Russian Garlic Clove
1 Tsp Butter (Unsalted - Good Quality)
3 cm Tumeric (Peeled & Roughly Chopped)
120g Sweet Potato (Peeled & Roughly Chopped)
2 Cups Chicken stock
Salt & Pepper to Taste

For Serving:
1 Tsp Pesto Per Bowl or Fresh Basil (mine is straight from the garden).


The recipe for the soup maker is quite straightforward. Put everything (other than the pesto or basil leaves) into the soup maker and set to setting 1. The soup is ready for serving 25 minutes later.

The butter (or oil) and sweet potato (or oats) gives the soup a cohesive velvety texture. The lemon, garlic, and pesto or basil helps what is otherwise a fairly colourful but bland vegetable with big punchy flavours.

All of the ingredients are histamine free with the exception of the lemon juice which is controversial. Some lists include them. Some don't.  Personally I find I can tolerate lemon juice in small quantities.

All left-overs should be frozen immediately to prevent a histamine building.

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