6 Delicious Green Cleansing Low-Calorie Soup Recipes

For us, May is always a month of celebration. Especially the first 2 weeks. Not only do we celebrate my birthday and my hubby’s birthday, but we have lots of friends who were also born in May….

As a result, we indulged ourselves with way too much sugar and bubbles than our body can handle. Therefore, this week we will add lots of detoxing foods to our diet to give our body and organs a well-deserved rest.

We will be eating a fruit and veggie-only diet to get rid of all those nasty toxins. A few weeks ago I made a post with 20 of the best detoxing foods on Earth. CLICK HERE to read the article

Here are my 6 favorite cleansing and nurturing soup recipes that definitely will be on the menu in the coming few days.

1.      Leafy Green Detoxer

Ingredients

• ½ onion
• 2 cups chicken or fish stock, or filtered water or vegetable broth if you’re a vegetarian or vegan.
• 2-4 large handfuls of leafy greens (kale, spinach, collard, dandelion, chard, etc). I mostly use a mix of kale and spinach. But this time I will add dandelions as well for its cleansing benefits.
• ½ cup peas
• 2 small handfuls of dried seaweed (wakame works best)
• Juice of half a lemon
• 2 tbsps. tahini paste
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• Parsley (or coriander) to taste, chopped.

Directions

• Bring peas, onions, and water to a boil.
• Add leafy greens and dried seaweed, Steam briefly until greens are emerald in color.
• Remove from heat and add coconut oil and lemon juice.
• Blend or process until smooth.
• Spoon into 2 bowls and top with tahini paste and chopped parsley.
• Serve immediately.

2.      Cleansing Cabbage Soup

Ingredients

• 2 cups green cabbage
• ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
• 10 cups vegetable broth
• ½ yellow onion
• 6 celery stalks, chopped
• 6 baby carrots, chopped
• sea salt, to taste
• Cayenne pepper, to taste
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• ¼ cup chopped cilantro or parsley if you don’t fancy the cilantro flavor.

Directions

• Put all ingredients, except apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, cilantro (or parsley) salt and pepper, in a large pot and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, salt, and pepper.
• Blend or process until smooth.
• Spoon into a bowl and top with chopped cilantro or parsley.

3.      Creamy Ginger-Carrot Soup

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin coconut oil
• 1 cup chopped sweet onion
• Kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons minced peeled ginger
• 2 pounds carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1 medium russet potato, peeled and chopped
• 6 cups low-sodium chicken or vegetable stock
• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• 1 1/3 cups plain low-fat Greek yogurt (or coconut cream)
• Freshly ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme

Directions

• Combine coconut oil and onions in a pot over medium heat. Cook for about 10 minutes while stirring until the onions just start to caramelize.
• Add ginger and garlic and cook for another 2 minutes while stirring. Be careful not to burn your ingredients.
• Add vegetable or chicken stock, carrots, and potato. Bring to a simmer and cook until carrots and potato are tender. This will take 20 to 25 minutes.
• In the meantime, lightly toast pine nuts and set aside to cool.
• Combine the yogurt, honey, thyme, and pepper in a small bowl.
• Puree all ingredients until smooth and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Top with yogurt mixture and pine nuts.

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