Green Goddess and Garlic Soup

Green Goddess and Garlic Soup Ingredients :

 Spinach – 1 bunch
 Cabbage leaves – 4
 Iceberg lettuce – ½ (optional)
 Garlic – 6 cloves
 Chicken /Vegetable Stock – 1.5 litre
 Parsley – 6 sprigs
 Bay leaf – 1
 Thyme – 1 sprig
 Brown rice – 100 gms
 Wholegrain Bread, to serve with

Green Goddess and Garlic Soup Method :

1. Wash spinach and trim stalks if necessary. Cut thick core from cabbage and discard.
2. Roughly chop cabbage and lettuce. Peeland crush garlic.
3. Put the stock in a large saucepan.
4.Add vegetables, garlic, bay leaf, thyme and brown rice.
5.Cover and cook for 20 minutes, or until rice is cooked.
6.Blend or process.
7.Serve with croutons of toasted whole grain bread.

Chicken and Vegetable Soup

Chicken and Vegetable Soup Ingredients :
 
Boneless, skinless Chicken – 200 gms
Onion – 1
Oil – 2 tbsp
Chicken Stock – 1 litre
Sweet Potato – 1 medium
Spinach – 1 bunch
Broccoli – 1 head (optional)
Carrot – 1
Tomatoes – 2
Garlic – 2 cloves

Chicken and Vegetable Soup Method :

1. Peel onion and chop finely. Peel garlic and chop finely.
2. Heat oil in a large saucepan and sauté onion and garlic for 5 minutes until clear but not colored.
3. Add chicken stock and bring to boil.
4. Peel sweet potato. Cut into chunks and add to stock mixture. Cover and cook for 10 minutes or until sweet potato is cooked.
5. Wash and trim spinach. Wash broccoli and cut into small florets.
6. Scrub carrot and cut into thin slices. Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces.
7. Cut tomatoes into small cubes. When sweet potato is cooked, mash coarsely in the liquid with a potato masher.
8. Bring to the boil and add spinach, broccoli, carrot and chicken. Cook for 5 minutes or until chicken is cooked.
9. Serve this Chicken and Vegetable Soup topped with chopped tomatoes.