Detox Soup Green Vegetables and Nettle

Soup Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons of avocado oil
• 1 large organic leek, roughly chopped
• 2 stalks of organic celery, roughly chopped
• 1 large organic yellow potato cut into cubes
• 3 tablespoons of dried organic nettle leaves
• 6 cups of vegetable broth of commerce or homemade vegetable broth
• 1 whole organic broccoli, rinsed and trimmed
• 5 oz organic baby spinach
• 250 ml of Isola Bio rice-based cooking cream
• Toppings (optional): dried organic nettle leaves and pistachios

 N.B. It is important to use organic ingredients to obtain the detoxifying effect of this recipe.

Preparation for the Soup

1. In a large pot, heat the avocado oil over medium heat.
2. Add the leek and celery stalks, brown for a few minutes before adding the potato, nettle and vegetable stock.
3. Cover and bring to a boil, increasing heat to high.
4. When the liquid is bubbling, return to medium heat and simmer for about ten minutes.
5. Add the broccoli. Continue cooking for 7 minutes.
6. Add the baby spinach and finish cooking for a final minute.
7. Remove from the heat and add the rice-based cooking cream.
8. Grind with a hand blender until smooth and uniform.
9. Garnish with dried organic nettle leaves and of pistachios.

Bon appetit!

About the author

Naturopaths from La Boite à Grains

Team of qualified and certified naturopaths (ND) in Gatineau in Outaouais.

Original article written by Véronique Cousineau, Naturopath