SPRING SOUP

We got another delicious delivery from
Irv & Shelly's
and we are putting it to good use!

One of our favorites is the Harmony Valley soup mix.

It is basically a bag of fresh, local, organic root veggies, consisting of carrots (orange, yellow and red!), turnips, parsnips, rutabagas, celeriac and sunchokes. It has two recipes on the back. One is for roasting them and the other is for Golden Soup. You saute onion and garlic (which you can also get from Irv & Shelly's) with oil and then add root veggies. Add some vegetable stock (we use organic veggie bouillon from Whole Foods) and cook about 30 min. Cool and then puree. You can add some cream or half and half, but we prefer it dairy free.

The result? The most delicious, creamy (even without the cream) soup! The bag costs $7.99 and by the time you add the other ingredients, your cost is about $10-$12 total for 8-10 servings of soup. What a great deal for a great soup! It also freezes really well!

P.S...One of the other things we ordered was some cabbage. Did you know that only one ounce of cabbage a day greatly improves your digestive system and reduces your risk of cancer? It can VERY EASILY be added to green smoothies made in the Vita-mix!

"As for the sulforaphane that’s found in cabbage, it reduces your risk of cancer by increasing your body's production of enzymes that fight cell-damaging free radicals. Stanford University research indicates that sulforaphane increases your levels of these cancer-fighting enzymes more than any other phytonutrient." courtesy of Rodale.com.