Creamy Carrot Soup

Creamy Carrot Soup

 Carrots are one of the food kingdom’s richest sources of carotenoids. Regular carotenoid intake has been linked with an up to 50% decrease in cancers of the lung, bladder, cervix, prostate, colon, larynx, and esophagus. This Creamy Carrot Soup is so delicious and so simple to make

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 15 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

• 3 large carrots, diced
• 1 large yellow onion, diced
• ½ cup roasted cashews (preferably dry roasted, unsalted, or low salt)
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp cumin powder (more if you like it spicy)
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley

Directions:

1. In a saucepan, combine carrots, onions, and 3 cups of water.
2. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Place cooked vegetables, cooking liquid, cashews, soy sauce, and cumin and nutmeg powder into a blender and blend until creamy, or use an immersion blender.
4. Serve hot and garnish with parsley to taste.

Chef’s Alternatives:

Gluten-Free: Substitute tamari for soy sauce.

Soy-Free: Substitute coconut aminos for soy sauce.

NEGATIVE CALORIE SOUP

NEGATIVE CALORIE SOUP

This simple soup recipe is filled to the rim with negative calorie effect foods. Not only are the ingredients low in calories, but they help burn body fat. Try out this comforting vegetable soup to get your metabolism going.

A negative net-calorie food is food that requires more food energy to be digested than the food provides. The caloric "cost" of digesting the food is greater than its food energy content.

Ingredients

• 6 cups vegetable stock
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 cup celery, diced
• 1 cup cauliflower florets
• 1 cup green beans, cut into about 1 inch pieces
• 2 cups shredded cabbage
• 1 medium zucchini, diced (about 2 cups)

• 1 cup small turnip, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 small jalapeno seeded and deveined, finely chopped
• 2 cups baby spinach
• 1 teaspoon Chia Seeds
• 1 Hot Chili (if you like a little spice in your life)
• pepper

Directions

1. Combine all ingredients, except the spinach, in a soup pot and bring to a boil.
2. Reduce to a simmer and cook covered for 20 minutes. Add a little salt and pepper if desired.
3. Stir in the spinach and cook for another minute.
4. Remove from heat and serve.

Here is some more negative calorie vegetable you may like to include in your Negative Calorie Soup