Kitchen Remedies: Healing Soups for winter and this nasty flu season. Nourish your body with great warming "feel good soups" - easy to make and especially good for overcoming a cold, the flu, reducing fatigue, fever, congestion, immune boosting, and restoring health after an illness.
Canary Island Cilantro Soup
The "chicken soup" of the Canary Islands, this is famed a sure cure to any ailment! Besides its healing properties, it is really good! by canarygirl
SERVES 4 -6
1 medium onion, finely minced
1 ripe tomato, peeled and seeded,finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, mashed
3 medium potatoes, peeled and diced roughly
1/4 cup rice
1 bunch fresh cilantro, divided
1 green pepper, cut in half
2 bouillon cubes - veggie is best - try for low salt
1 pinch sea salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 quarts water, enough to cover vegetables
1. In a med-large soup pot, heat about 2 Tblsp of olive oil.
2. Sautee onion, garlic, tomato, potatoes, and paprika over fairly high heat until the onions are translucent.
3. Add bouillon, 1/2 of the green pepper (in one chunk) 2/3 of the bunch of cilantro, tied with a string (the bunch), and the salt to taste.
4. Add enough water to cover vegetables completely, with about 1-2 inches above the veggies.
5. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer for about 20-30 minutes.
6. About half way through cooking time, add the rice.
7. Adjust salt, remove green pepper and bunch of cilantro, discard.
8. Chop the remaining green pepper and cilantro and serve each soup plate with fresh chopped green pepper and sprinkle with cilantro.
9. Serve with"queso fresco" and baguettes.
NOTE: This information is solely for informational and educational purposes only. The publication of this information does not constitute the practice of medicine, and this information does not replace the advice of your physician or other health care provider. Currants takes assumes no responsibility for any possible consequences from any treatment, procedure, exercise, dietary modification, action or application of medication which results from reading this site. Use of these remedies in connection with other medications can cause severe adverse reactions and Currants always suggests that you talk with your primary health care provider before engaging in any form of self treatment.
Canary Island Cilantro Soup
The "chicken soup" of the Canary Islands, this is famed a sure cure to any ailment! Besides its healing properties, it is really good! by canarygirl
SERVES 4 -6
1 medium onion, finely minced
1 ripe tomato, peeled and seeded,finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, mashed
3 medium potatoes, peeled and diced roughly
1/4 cup rice
1 bunch fresh cilantro, divided
1 green pepper, cut in half
2 bouillon cubes - veggie is best - try for low salt
1 pinch sea salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 quarts water, enough to cover vegetables
1. In a med-large soup pot, heat about 2 Tblsp of olive oil.
2. Sautee onion, garlic, tomato, potatoes, and paprika over fairly high heat until the onions are translucent.
3. Add bouillon, 1/2 of the green pepper (in one chunk) 2/3 of the bunch of cilantro, tied with a string (the bunch), and the salt to taste.
4. Add enough water to cover vegetables completely, with about 1-2 inches above the veggies.
5. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer for about 20-30 minutes.
6. About half way through cooking time, add the rice.
7. Adjust salt, remove green pepper and bunch of cilantro, discard.
8. Chop the remaining green pepper and cilantro and serve each soup plate with fresh chopped green pepper and sprinkle with cilantro.
9. Serve with"queso fresco" and baguettes.
NOTE: This information is solely for informational and educational purposes only. The publication of this information does not constitute the practice of medicine, and this information does not replace the advice of your physician or other health care provider. Currants takes assumes no responsibility for any possible consequences from any treatment, procedure, exercise, dietary modification, action or application of medication which results from reading this site. Use of these remedies in connection with other medications can cause severe adverse reactions and Currants always suggests that you talk with your primary health care provider before engaging in any form of self treatment.
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