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Avocado Soup Mexican Style

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 2 avocados, ripe, pitted, peeled, and mashed 
  • 2 TBS EV Olive Oil
  • 1 brown onion, chopped
  • 3-4 cups homemade vegetable stock
  • 1/2 cup almond milk
  • 1 lemon freshly squeezed
  • 1 TBS lemon rind
  • 1 tsp. paprika 
  • ½ tsp. ground cumin 
  • Pinch cayenne pepper
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • Celtic Sea Salt 
  • Freshly ground pepper to taste
  • Lime quarters to garnish

Place all ingredients in a food processor and blend until combined
Place in bowl and chill until served

Tomato Soup

Serves 4

  • 2 TBS extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 cans chopped tomatoes no additives
  • 1 cup tomato sauce (no additives)
  • 1 small bottle sugar-free tomato puree
  • 2 fennel bulbs wash and chopped
  • 2 cups filtered water or stock
  • 1 brown onion diced
  • 3 garlic cloves chopped
  • 2 TBS freshly squeezed lemon
  • 1 cup fresh basil leaves
  • 1 large leek, washed sliced
  • 1 red capsicum chopped finely
  • 1 bunch celery sliced thinly
  • ½ cup coconut milk
  • Celtic sea salt and cracked black pepper to taste
  • Tsp. stevia to taste

Sauté onion, garlic, pepper and celery in a large stainless or enamel soup pot, keeping a few fresh basil leaves aside
Place the remaining ingredients into the pot and pour in water so vegies are covered
Sprinkle in the stevia
Cook on high until boiled and then turn temp down and simmer with a lid on for 45 minutes
Garnish with fresh basil leaves and a squeeze of fresh lemon

Thai Fish Soup

Serves 4

  • 4 cups home-made chicken or vegetable stock 
  • I x 5 cm piece of ginger
  • 2 garlic cloves sliced thinly
  • 2 lemongrass sticks cut into 5cm pieces 
  • 4 kafir lime leaves whole
  • 1kafir lime leaf shredded
  • Handful of mint
  • 2 fish fillets 
  • 2 green chillies , sliced
  • 2 red chillies sliced
  • 2 TBS fish sauce (anchovies, filtered water and stevia)
  • 1 lime juiced plus 1 tsp. lime rind
  • Pinch sea salt
  • Stevia to taste

 

Method

Place stock ginger, lemongrass, garlic, stevia, fish sauce and the lime leaves into the saucepan and bring to the boil and then simmer for 10 mins 
Strain off the soup over a bowl so the soup is now clear and place the liquid back into the saucepan
Add fish and lime juice and rind and bring to boil then simmer for 5 mins
Ladle into a bowl and garnish with mint, chillies, shredded lime leaf and thinly sliced lemon grass

Chilled Out Cucumber and Avocado Soup

Serves 2

  • 3 small avocados
  • 1 small cucumber, seeded and peeled
  • Fistful of coriander
  • 1/4 teaspoon cumin
  • Juice of one lemon or lime
  • 2 cups of homemade chicken stock 
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • Spring onion/mint for garnish

In a blender place all of the ingredients on high until pureed
If too thick add a bit more lime or lemon juice
Pour into a bowl and refrigerate until chilled
Ladle into chilled soup bowls and add sea salt and pepper to taste
Garnish with mint and spring onion

Cauliflower & Turnip Soup

Serves two

  • 2 TBS olive oil
  • 1 head cauliflower
  • 2 small round turnips, chopped
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 3 sticks celery chopped
  • 1 TBS fresh ginger, crushed and sliced into 2 or 3 chunks
  • 2 TBS nutritional yeast flakes
  • Handful of continental parsley
  • 1 1/2 tsp. ocean sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp. cracked pepper
  • 3 cups homemade or no additive chicken stock or filtered water

Warm oil in a large pan and add onions, celery and garlic
Sauté over medium heat and stir until well coated with the oil then add cauliflower and turnip and cook for 10 minutes
Add ginger, ocean sea salt and pepper, yeast flakes, parsley and stir well 
Add chicken stock and bring to boil stirring a couple of times
Reduce heat and cover, cooking for 20 minutes
Transfer to blender and puree
Once pureed return to pan to heat

Vegetable Soup on a Cold Night

Serves 6-8

  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 3 celery stalks, diced
  • 140 g (5 oz.) sugar-free tomato paste (concentrated purée)
  • 400 g (14 oz.) tin chopped tomatoes (sugar and additive free)
  • 150 g (51/2 oz.) green beans, topped, tailed and cut into 34 cm
  • (11/411/2 inch) lengths
  • 1/4 cabbage, coarsely shredded
  • 1/2 cauliflower, roughly chopped
  • 2 zucchini (courgettes), diced
  • 1 red capsicum (pepper), diced
  • 1 green capsicum (pepper), diced
  • 1 bunch kale or 1/2 bunch silverbeet
  • (Swiss chard), stalks trimmed and leaves coarsely shredded
  • 1 litre (35 fl oz./4 cups) additive-free vegetable stock or filtered water
  • 1 handful herbs, such as parsley, thyme, rosemary and basil, chopped

 

Heat the coconut oil in a large heavy-based saucepan and lightly brown the onion, garlic and celery over medium heat for about 5 minutes. 
Stir in the tomato paste and chopped tomatoes and cook for a minute or two. 
Add the beans, cabbage, cauliflower, zucchini, capsicum and kale, and cook for 12 minutes more. Add the stock or water and, if necessary pour, in enough extra filtered water to cover the vegetables. 
Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 1 hour. 
If you prefer a smoother soup, transfer to a blender or use a hand-held blender and whiz until the desired texture is reached. 
Serve hot, sprinkled with the herbs.

Broccoli Soup

Serves four

  •  2 broccoli heads and stems roughly chopped
  • 2 TBSP coconut oil-melted
  • 2 cups homemade vegetable stock
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 2 sticks celery copped
  • Sea Salt to taste
  • 1 handful fresh mint
  • 1 handful fresh parsley
  • ¼ cup coconut milk (optional)
  • Handful of slithered almonds to garnish

In a large heavy bottom saucepan place coconut oil, heat and add garlic and onion and cook until translucent
Throw in chopped celery and cook through
Add the broccoli including stems and pour in stock
Bring to boil, reduce heat and add seasoning and herbs
Simmer for 15 minutes and stir in coconut milk
Place in blender then blend together until smooth and return to pan if it needs reheating
Garnish with slithered almonds

Creamy Spinach and Celery Soup

Serves 6

  • 1 bunch celery with leaves sliced 
  • 6 cups homemade chicken stock
  • 1 bunch spinach chopped
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 2 turnips peeled and cubed
  • 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 1 large brown onion chopped
  • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
  • Celtic Sea Salt and freshly cracked pepper

Reserve a couple of celery leaves for garnish and refrigerate
Heat EV olive oil over medium heat and add onion, garlic, celery, thyme and cook for 20 mins until celery is softened
Add chicken stock, turnips and spinach and turn heat to high until it reaches boiling point
Reduce heat and cover and simmer for 10 minutes until turnips are tender
Turn off heat and let cool then ladle mixture into a food processor to puree in batches
Return mixture to saucepan add coconut milk and simmer for 10 minutes
Ladle into earthenware soup bowls, garnish with celery leaves and season to taste

Serve with crispy kale chips

Pepper and Tomato Salad

Serves 2

  • 5 vine ripened Roma tomatoes, diced 
  • 1 sweet onion, diced 
  • 1 red pepper, diced 
  • 1 yellow pepper, diced 
  • 1 bunch basil, finely minced 
  • 1 TBS parsley, chopped
  • 1 lime, juiced 
  • 1 TBS Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste 

Place all dry ingredients into a bowl and stir
Drizzle in lime and EV Olive Oil

Simple Waldorf Salad with Homemade Mayonnaise

Serves 4

  •  1 cup celery, sliced 
  • 2 granny smith or red apples sliced
  • ½ cup walnuts
  • 8 lettuce cups (Cos or Iceberg)

Firstly prepare mayo and refrigerate

Now toast the walnuts in frying pan on medium heat and let cool
Combine celery, apples and walnuts in a bowl and add dressing and mix
Spoon the mixture into the lettuce cups

Mayo

Makes 2 cups

  • 1 egg
  • 2 TBS lemon juice
  • 1 cup olive oil or oil of choice
  • 1/4 teaspoon ocean sea salt, to taste

Let’s Get Cracking:

Place egg in blender and blend on a medium speed

Now you can pour in the lemon juice and add the sea salt blend again for 30 seconds

Very slowly drizzle in olive oil through the top of the blender and turn the blender speed to low and blend until smooth

The mayo can be stored in a glass jar in the refrigerator for up to 7 days

Green Bean and Leek

Serves 2

  • 300g French beans
  • 500g leeks 
  • Tapenade Dressing:
  • 75g pitted black olives 
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 2 anchovy fillets
  • 1 small red chilli 
  • 125ml olive oil
  • 5 basil leaves
  • 1 TBSP chopped parsley
  • Freshly cracked black pepper

Put all ingredients except oil in a food processor and make a rough paste
Add olive oil gradually and mix 
Add chopped parsley and basil 
Blanche beans in salted water so they are crispy
Trim leeks slice in half lengthways, toss in a little olive oil and grill until crispy
Mix beans and leeks together and add tapenade to taste

Nicoisesque

Serves 4

  • 2 eggs boiled and cooled
  • 2 cups English spinach salad Leaves
  • 200g steamed crispy green beans
  • 2 vine ripened tomatoes cut to wedges
  • 1 large can tuna in spring water
  • 2 TBS extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 TBS lemon juice 
  • Celtic sea salt
  • 1 cup small black olives 
  • 8 anchovy fillets split lengthways

Peel the boiled and cooled eggs and then cut into quarters
Wash and dry salad leaves and let stand for a few moments
At this point make up dressing with lemon and olive oil place in jar and shake
Arrange the lettuce on a serving plate, and scatter the green beans, tomato, anchovies and olives around
Tuck the tuna and eggs in and carefully toss to mix together 
Finish with olive oil, lemon and sea salt

Serve immediately

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