Minestrone Soup

Minestrone Soup with Red Wine

Minestrone is a thick, hearty soup that has many health benefits. Most Minestrone Soups contain vegetables, pasta, and peas or beans. This version uses unsalted chicken broth and fresh tomatoes rather than canned tomatoes to limit the sodium content.
Ingredients

• 
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 cup chopped sweet onion
• 1/3 cup chopped celery
• 1 carrot, diced
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 4 cups fat-free, unsalted chicken broth
• 2 large tomatoes, seeded and chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped spinach
• 1 can (16 ounces or about 1 1/2 cups) canned chickpeas or red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1/2 cup uncooked whole-grain small shell pasta
• 1 small zucchini, sliced and diced
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
• ½ cup red wine (optional)

Directions

In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion, celery and carrots and sauté until softened, about 5 minutes.

Add garlic and continue cooking for another minute. Stir in broth, tomatoes, spinach, beans and pasta. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add zucchini. Cover and cook for 5 minutes more.


Remove from heat and stir in the basil. Ladle into individual bowls and serve immediately

Miso Soup

Miso Soup has so many health benefits; it is full of nutrients and minerals and studies have shown that it helps lower blood pressure, lowers the risk of cancer, aids good digestive health and has anti aging properties.
Miso is one of the main ingredients which is made by fermenting soybeans, barley rice and the fungus of kojikin.

Ingredients

1. • 1/2 cup dried wakame (a type of seaweed)
   • 1/4 cup shiro miso (white fermented-soybean paste)
   • 6 cups Dashi
   • 1/2 pound soft tofu, drained and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
   • 1/4 cup thinly sliced green scallions

Preparation
Prepare wakame:
Combine wakame with warm water to cover by 1 inch and let stand 15 minutes, or until reconstituted. Drain in a sieve.

Make soup:
Stir together miso and 1/2 cup dashi in a bowl until smooth. Heat remaining dashi in a saucepan over moderately high heat until hot, and then gently stir in tofu and reconstituted wakame.
Simmer 1 minute and remove from heat. Immediately stir in miso mixture and scallion greens and serve.
MISO SOUP TIPS
There is a variety of various Miso pastes that you can use to make Miso Soup, there are meat or vegetable depending on what you prefer, you can choose tofu, fish, dashi, mushroom and potatoes.
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Bieler's Healing Detox Broth

Bieler's Healing Detox Broth
This soup is full of fresh ingredients and healing nutrients. Packed with coconut oil and tons of green veggies, sipping on this soup twice daily guarantees you get your daily dose of potassium and other important minerals.

• 1 cup water
• 2 cups string beans
• 3 stalks of large chopped celery

• 3 whole large chopped zucchinis
• 1 tbsp virgin organic coconut oil
• 1 handful of parsley

Directions

1. Boil one cup of water in stock pot.
2. Steam two cups of string beans for five minutes.
3. Add chopped celery and zucchini for seven minutes, until tender but not crisp (don't overcook).
4. Add three stalks of large chopped celery (not minced).
5. Add three whole, large, chopped zucchinis.
6. Blend until liquefied. Then, add one handful of parsley and one tablespoon of virgin organic coconut oil and blend again until smooth.
7. Drink two cups daily.