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Ingredients for Spinach Soup:
6 oz. fresh spinach
1 medium potato peeled, cubed, boiled until fork tender (about 1 – 1 1/2 cups cubed)
1 1/2 – 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth (vegetable if you prefer)
1/3 cup half n’ half
1/2 cup chopped carrots (heaping)
1/2 cup chopped onion (heaping)
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper (heaping)
4 cloves garlic sliced
salt & pepper to taste
Optional Ingredients for Spinach Soup:
pinch red pepper flakes (optional)
1/4 cup super finely grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
light sour cream (optional)
Just what the Spin Doctor ordered!
Wash and spin dry spinach.
In a large pot saute carrots, onion and bell pepper over medium heat until tender.
Season with salt and pepper.
Add garlic. Stir and cook a couple minutes.
Add about 1/2 cup broth so garlic does not burn.
Add potatoes and mash into other ingredients.
Add spinach and 1 cup broth.
Stir mixture until spinach is cooked about 10 minutes.
Add a pinch of crushed red pepper if desired and stir.
Carefully ladle mixture into blender and and puree until smooth. You will need to puree the heck out of this – the fresh cooked spinach is very fibrous and if not pureed properly, you will notice “strings” in your soup. You may need to add up to 1/2 cup more broth to puree. Don’t forget that you are adding 1/3 cup half n’ half when returned to pot, so do not get mixture too thin during puree process.
Return silky smooth mixture to pot over low heat and stir in half n’ half.
Use your zester grater to get extra finely shredded Parmesan cheese.
Stir in Parmesan cheese and cook over low heat stirring until heated through.
Serve piping hot with a dollop of sour cream. This recipe serves two entree (2 cup) servings or four first course (1 cup) servings.
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Joe from Smash South Sports sent in this awesome low-carb variation of Spin-ach Doctor Soup! Thanks, Joe!
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Joe wrote:
The spinach soup recipe was easy to convert to low carb.
Depending on the stage of Atkins you are on……your entire ingredients list would be perfectly fine for the final Lifetime part.
Each individual has to find the number of grams of carbs they can have daily without gaining weight. I am in the Lifetime stage and can have 80-100 grams a day if I want to.
Here is my slightly modified version:
6 oz. fresh spinach
2 medium turnips peeled, cubed, boiled until fork tender (about 2 cups cubed)
1 1/2 – 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth (vegetable if you prefer)
1/3 cup half n’ half
1/4 cup chopped carrots (heaping)
1/2 cup chopped onion (heaping)
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper (heaping)
4 cloves garlic sliced
salt & pepper to taste
Optional Ingredients for Spin-ach Soup:
pinch red pepper flakes (optional)
1/4 cup super finely grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
heavy sour cream (optional)
So, a bit more turnips, a little less carrots, and real sour cream. Makes a perfect low-carb soup.
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Thanks a million, Joe! Enjoy!
Low Carb diet is really the best diet if you want to reduce weight and also to maintain a healthy body.:~~