HEALING SOUP RECIPES FOR THE SOUL

Please share your favorite soup recipes here to comfort the body and soul for everybody to try and enjoy. 

Namaste,
Samme

Grandma’s Healing Soup Recipe

A steaming bowlful on a cold winter day is so wonderfully soothing
and comforting–and it is very quick to make.

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large leek, well-washed, white parts only, chopped
1 large carrot, peeled and diced
1 large potato, diced
1 parsnip, peeled and diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
5 cups vegetable stock
Salt to taste
Handful fresh parsley leaves, chopped
Large handful fresh spinach leaves (around 4 ounces), rinsed and coarsely chopped
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste

1. In a soup pot, heat the olive oil and add the leeks, carrot, potato, parsnip, and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally, over medium heat about 5 minutes. Add stock and salt to taste, then bring to a simmer.

2. Simmer soup, partially covered, for about 5 minutes, then stir in parsley and spinach. Simmer, partially covered, about 5 more minutes. Add pepper to taste and serve piping hot.

Serves 4 to 5.

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Restorative Roasted Garlic Soup

Some recipes for garlic soup are so laden with cream that the salubrious effects of the garlic are certainly thwarted. In this recipe for roasted garlic soup, you will find no cream. No dairy at all in fact. Instead, a creative combination of flavors with a Mexican spin that is as perky as it is restorative.

Roasting and simmering mellow the garlic’s sharpness and enhance its underlying sweetness.

This is one delicious way to boost your immune system so you can avoid the flu, or to nourish yourself if you’ve caught it.

INGREDIENTS

3 whole heads of garlic
2 tablespoons vegetable oil, preferably peanut
1 medium onion, sliced thin
8 cups vegetable stock
1 to 2 dried or canned chipotle chiles
1/2 teaspoon salt, or more to taste
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds, toasted and ground
Juice of 1/2 to 1 lime
Toasted thin flour tortilla strips and sliced avocado, for garnish (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Coat garlic with a thin film of the oil, reserving the remaining oil. Place garlic in a shallow pan and bake it until very soft, about 45 minutes. When garlic is cool enough to handle, peel all the cloves and reserve them.

3. Pour 1 tablespoon of the oil into a large saucepan or Dutch oven and warm over medium heat. Add the onion to the oil and saute until it’s softened and lightly colored. Transfer the mixture to a blender and add the reserved garlic. Puree, adding a little stock if necessary to blend the mixture.

4. Add remaining oil to the saucepan and warm it over medium-high heat. Pour in the blender mixture, being careful of any splatters, and saute it until it just begins to dry out and color. Add the rest of the stock, the chipotle, salt, and cumin, and reduce the heat to medium. Simmer the soup for 25 to 30 minutes, remove it from the heat, and add the lime juice.

5. Divide the tortilla strips and avocado between the bowls and pour the hot soup over them. Serve immediately.

Serves 6 to 8.

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A bowl of Healing Soup chases away winter colds.

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As a soup connoisseur, especially of late, and a garlic fiend, I can hardly wait to try this recipe. Thank you, Samme! 

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just to report that i've made this soup several times now and each time it gets better as i improvise. try adding a shot of sherry to the sauteeing onions! also add a can of lite coconut milk to thicken it! and add a hearty pinch of cayenne pepper instead of chipotles, if you so fancy! yumiola!

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Hi, Samme - thanks for these - they look wonderful!

I trust, since you’ve posted them here in the Care Packages pod - they’re meant to be shared with other folks outside the pod as each person might feel led?

I make various soups to share as well - though I don’t have nearly such exact recipes - I tend to go by feel.

One of my favorites for fall and winter is a version of the southwestern soup Caldo Largo:

About 46 ounces of tomato juice (one large can, or 1.5 qts)
One quart of chicken stock (I like to use organic free range low salt)
A couple of very hot chili peppers or several shakes of (garlic) Tabasco sauce
1/2 cup + (organic) barley pearls
One small can of evaporated milk
8 oz + Monterey Jack cheese

Bring the tomato juice and chicken stock to a boil, add peppers and barley - cook until barley is tender and soaking up the liquid well. Reduce heat until barely simmering - add milk and serve into bowls with cubes of cheese in the bottom. Care needs to be taken when adding the milk so it won’t separate. Depending on how much barley you add and how long you cook it and how thick you like your soup (or stew [smile]) to be - you may wish to add more liquid - chicken stock or even water work. Makes 4-6 servings. If you have leftovers you may find the barley has soaked up more liquid during storage - so adding stock, juice or water might be desired when you reheat it. It tends to be good leftover - the flavors blend together and get fuller.

Enjoy!

Sylvia

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Samme, these look gorgeous!
Sylvia, that looks hot!

Here's my son, Neville's favorite

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Hi, Anna - one of the things I like about Caldo Largo is I can make it as hot or mild as I want - depending on the intensity of the peppers or how much hot sauce I use. The cheese and the barley also help it be less fiery :-). Usually it just winds up warming my tummy when I eat it [smile].

That’s a great picture of soup - I didn’t see a name or a recipe for it - what is it called?

peace and blessings -

Sylvia

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Hi Sylvia
Your soup sounds very versatile and i'm sure it's delicious!

Mine isn't a soup actually - just soul food
It's called Neville's Favorite
and if you click the link you'll see it's humble being ;)

much love

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I’ve been looking for vegan recipes and was redirected here by the Intergal Veg*n group where I saw mention of Samme’s vegan recipes. I’m book marking these as I’m switching to vegan from new year after years of vegetarian
much love

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Hi, Anna - it's interesting how connections happen sometimes :-).  Congratulations on becoming vegan!


I'm thinking that the Caldo Largo recipe I posted might convert to vegan - substitute 8-10 ounces of regular soy milk for the evaporated milk, tofu for the cheese, and vegetable broth for the chicken stock - I'd be interested to hear how it is if you try it that way.

bright and loving blessings -


Sylvia

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True, Sylvia, many recipes can be converted to vegan with a little imagination - could even by fun doing it :) - I'm going to get some practice!

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Hi, Anna - I've done some vegan cooking for various reasons - and I find the creativity can be a lot of fun.  Using whole grains, beans and tofu can add a lot of fiber, substance and protein to various dishes.  And different kinds of beans have wonderful subtle and obvious variations.  Soups tend to be great opportunities for experimentation - lentils, beans, tomato stock … even yams and sweet potatoes.


Happy exploring!  :-)


nourishing blessings -


Sylvia

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oh, yeah, an addendum to my addendum above. i cubed a pound of tofu and sauteed it in extra garlic and put it in the garlic soup, i added lots of fresh cilantro at the end!

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Hi, Mary - the cilantro and tofu sound like yummy additions.  One thing my mom taught me about roasting garlic - instead of peeling it after it's cooled - you can squeeze the ends of the cloves and they'll squirt out :-).  Much less mess and hassle.


blessings -


Syl

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mmm my tummy's rumbling, reading all these delicious tips!

much love

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Hi, Anna - yes, I'm thinking of soaking some beans and seeing what gets cooked up :-).


love -


Syl

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Ooooh! how did you know I was getting hungry!

big hug

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Hi, Hummingbird - I simmered up a pot of vegan bean soup last night with lots of garlic for New Year's eve potlucks tomorrow - so - come on over!

Cranberry beans
pinto beans
great northern beans
fava beans


sauteed garlic
various herbs including lavender and tarragon
carrots
cubed vegan hot dogs
2.5 liters of vegetable broth

Soak beans over night … drain

sautee garlic and herbs in olive oil

add back carrots, beans and enough broth to more than cover vegetables, bring to boil, add vegan dogs, more broth as needed - lower temperature to just above simmer - cook at least until beans are meltingly soft.



love and blessings -


Sylvia

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Delumptious! Giens been preparing ours for tonight - a marvelous array of veggies for Tagine for which I'll prepare couscous a little later

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sounds so yum, sorry i missed it! will jsut have ot make my own this afternoon. :)

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Hey, Mary - since I wound up staying home for New Year's eve - I froze several containers worth - know of a Star Trek transporter?  The soup and I could be at your place momentarily :-).


Of course - I'd be up for trying yours, too [impish smile]


[loving hugs]


Syl

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Yummylicious! I best get off my arse soon and make that soup, especially if you are coming over! Oh, were we to live in f2f community. One day I will how 'bout you?

Off to do some New Year's inner work before i go gettin' all creative with soup makin's! Enjoy yours. maybe we can talk by phone over slurpy soup!

;)

mares