ellen's healing harvest soup

ELLEN’S HEALING HARVEST SOUP

You will need a cutting board, good chopping knife, soup pot, steam rack, skillet

Steam on a steam rack on low heat with as much water below rack as possible whatever veggies you have or want to get. Some suggestions are:

Winter squash

Carrots

Turnip or parsnip

Beet

Potato – any kind

Cabbage (red is pretty)

Celery

Asparagus

Chop in order of hardness (into largish bit size pieces) and put on rack in order of hardness. Steam only until fork will go thru the carrots (not mushy). By steaming, the veggies retain their individual flavors, & by not boiling they retain their nutrients too. Save the water from steaming for soup stock.

While veggies are steaming sauté large onion and 3-4 cloves of garlic in a mixture of Olive Oil and Tamari in skillet – stirring- just until softened.

Once veggies are soft - turn off heat – put veggies into the steam water in pot. Add 1 quart fresh or canned Tomatoes &/or 1 quart of any packaged organic soup (like Imagine). Tomato Basil or Vegetable Broth is good. Add grated fresh Ginger.

After soup is all together add any chopped greens (kale, chard, arugula, collards, bok choy, etc.), and fresh, dried or frozen herbs such as: Basil, Oregano, Thyme, Cilantro. They do not need to cook ~ they will wilt in the hot soup.

After soup is in bowls I like to sprinkle on green onion or parsley. (kitchen sissors)

If there is illness use a garlic press to press in 2 cloves garlic per bowl.

When a cold or flu is trying to get you ~ eat only the soup all day, 6 bowls at least, with the fresh garlic for a day or two and it will heal you. Promise J Fresh Ginger tea is great too!

Remember to keep head, feet and chest very warm. Avoid any sugars (including fruit) as sugars feed infection. Also avoid any dairy & bread. For sinus problem use a Nettie Pot with: 1 cup warm water with ½ teas. salt and 2 drops of Iodine. For sore throat: gargle with ¼ cup hot water with ¼ teas. salt and dash of Cayenne (as much as you can stand). It needs to be hot in temperature and BTU’s. It really, really works!