Appetizers / Soups / Salads

Anti-Stress Soup is for Soup.

Anti-Stress Soup takes 25 minutes to prepare.

Anti-Stress Soup takes 25 minutes to cook.

Anti-Stress Soup makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Anti-Stress Soup are:

1 tsp olive oil and/or butter
3 leeks, cleaned and chopped
1 large shallot or 1 small onion
Carrots, 1 cup, chopped, or 12 baby carrots, chopped
Celery, 1 cup, diced
Sweet red pepper, 1 cup, chopped
1 potato, skin on, chopped
3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
Cauliflower 2 cups
Spinach, 2 cups (optional as some people don't like really green soup)
Cooked Squash, 1 cup
Tarragon, dry flakes, 1 tsp
Salt & Pepper (to taste and never more than a pinch of salt)
Low Sodium Chicken or Vegetable Broth, 3 cups
Water, 3 cups

Optional : Cooked Chicken, light meat, 3 cups, chopped or shredded.
Optional Garnish : Cilantro, chopped.
Optional Garnish: Reduced Fat Sour Cream or Plain Yogurt

Here is how you make Anti-Stress Soup:

Put oil and or butter in soup pot or Dutch Oven.On Medium heat add leeks, onion, carrots, celery, red pepper and spices, salt, pepper and tarragon. Keep stirring until the onion becomes translucent. Add potato, garlic cauliflower and spinach. Add 2 cups of chicken or vegetable broth. Stir. Cover and reduce heat to simmer for 20-30 minutes. Add 2 cups of water while blending with immersion blender. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion_blender Add 1 cup each of water and broth. Blend well and reheat.Ladle into bowls or soup cups and garnish.Serve over 3oz cooked white chicken add 97 calories.1 tbsp Reduced Fat Sour Cream add 20 caloriesServing Size: makes 8 1.5 cup servingsNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CODYG123.

The nutritional information for Anti-Stress Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 94.6

• Total Fat: 0.4 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 146.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 20.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.6 g
• Protein: 3.9 g