It was 80 degrees in Los Angeles for the holidays and New Year’s. Do you know how disconcerting that is for a New Yorker?! I of course had to rebel and make some soup.
I’ve been in the middle of my chef course, so making something new has been on the back burner for a while. We have to do homework during the week so I don’t always have the time to be creative. This week I did! Yay!
I was so tired from all the fancy “holiday food” (read sugar, fat and calories), that I wanted to make a hearty vegetarian soup using winter veggies. I combined a few different recipes and came up with this. I had my boyfriend give it a shot and he doesn’t like ANYTHING healthy, he loved it and had seconds. I like food that has substance and this is just the ticket. It’s a tad high in salt, but you can omit the salt from the seasoning mix and adjust the seasonings at the end.
Nutritional Breakdown:
Calories: 270 Sodium: 640mgs
Fat: 6gr Carbs: 48gr
Saturated Fat: 3gr Fiber: 9gr
Cholesterol: 10mg Sugars: 10gr
Protein: 10gr
Ingredients:
2 lbs peeled, baked sweet potatoes
2 T unsalted butter
2 T garlic, finely chopped
6 cups chicken stock or broth, low sodium
1C onion, chopped small
2 C spinach leaves, cut into small pieces
2 C peeled parsnips cut into ½” pieces
4 C Swiss chard leaves cut into 1” pieces
3 jalapenos, seeded and minced
Seasoning Mix:
1 t salt
1 ½ t paprika
1 t dill weed
½ t red pepper flakes
¾ t onion powder
¾ t black pepper
¾ t ground sage
½ t cinnamon
½ t garlic powder
½ t ground nutmeg
½ t white pepper
Combine seasoning mix in a small bowl. Bake sweet potatoes. Process the sweet potatoes in a food processor until smooth. Place the butter in a heavy 5-qt pot over high heat. Melt and add sweet potatoes, garlic and seasonings. Cook over medium heat for 6 minutes. Add 4 cups of stock. Stir to make sure nothing sticks for another 6 minutes. Add 2 more cups of stock and cook until boiling, about 8 minutes. Add onion, spinach, parsnips, chard and jalapenos. Stir and cover. Simmer for another 20 minutes. Add more stock if needed. Serves 6.
Comments
Try this sounds great!
Jan 30, 2012 at 1:45 PM
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I love anything with parsnip and sweet potatoes! I can't wait to try this and I don't care if it is 85 degrees here in LA.
Jan 30, 2012 at 6:41 PM
Hey sweating cleans pores, PLUS you're getting all those nifty nutrients and fiber.
Jan 30, 2012 at 8:05 PM
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