Healing Soup

SIMONNE HOLM is the founder of the Alkaline Institute and is dedicated to helping people to thrive on their health journey through creative food projects, cooking, and lifestyle. Here she shares a colorful nutritious vegetable soup that is simple to make and tastes delicious.

This is an easy way to cook a vegetable soup rich in flavor and color. The vegetables have many health benefits and they are low in calories and a great source of nutrients and fiber. You can spice it up as per your choice. Use more chili, fresh herbs, and lemon juice for taste. Cook with joy and enjoy.

Prep time 10 minutes. Cook time 30 minutes. Serves 2 people.

Ingredients

3 to 4 large fresh beets
1 big onion
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon ginger
1 to 2celery stalks
1 large sweet potato or 1 carrot
1 to 2 parsnips
½ to 1 teaspoon chili, fresh or dried
1 teaspoon Himalaya salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 liter water
1 teaspoon vegetable bouillon
2 tablespoons fresh thyme and basil or 1 teaspoon dried herbs
1 to 2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 to 4 tablespoons cold pressed olive oil

Preparation

Wash or peel the vegetables and roughly chop them into the same-sized pieces.

Add 1 liter of water in a medium pot, add the chopped onions, and cook for 5 minutes.

Turn down the heat, add the rest of the vegetables, and cook for another 25 minutes. The vegetables should be fully cooked.

Add the fresh or dried herbs and turn off the heat.

Blend the vegetable soup with the olive oil and lemon juice.

Make sure that your blender jar can handle the warm soup or first let it cool for another 5 minutes.

Add salt, pepper, and chili to taste.

You can warm the soup again after blending. It also tastes good cold.

Toast seeds

Add ½ cup of pumpkin or sesame seeds to a skillet over medium heat. Dry roast them until golden brown, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 4 minutes.

Transfer to a plate to cool completely.

The seeds have many potential health benefits and have been used in folk medicine for thousands of years. 

Assemble your plate

Sprinkle the beetroot soup with toasted seeds, fresh parsley, coconut crème, or have it just as it is.

When the Divinity at the center of every atom
in our food resonates with the Divinity within us,
food becomes a potent source of goodness.
— Daaji

To learn more about the Alkaline Diet, visit Simonne’s website at www.Alkaline-institute.com