SERENE CHATS: Thick and wonderful, this Trimmy Bisque will catapult you back to a little thatched-roof cottage where all meals are richly filled with humble veggies. Of course they are freshly pulled from the rich loamy black soil in the backyard garden. The optional chamomile tea in this soup is like a health shot! Chamomile goes way beyond a digestive aid, reducing cancerous cells, fighting off dangerous microbes, and leveling blood sugar. This recipe is found in the “Big Eats Soups” section of Trim Healthy Table Cookbook, page 174. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people.
Peasant’s Garden Trimmy Bisque
Description
SERENE CHATS: Thick and wonderful, this Trimmy Bisque will catapult you back to a little thatched-roof cottage where all meals are richly filled with humble veggies. Of course they are freshly pulled from the rich loamy black soil in the backyard garden. The optional chamomile tea in this soup is like a health shot! Chamomile goes way beyond a digestive aid, reducing cancerous cells, fighting off dangerous microbes, and leveling blood sugar.This recipe is found in the "Big Eats Soups" section of Trim Healthy Table Cookbook, page 174. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people.
Ingredients
Instructions
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Place the cabbage, garlic, and onion in a large soup pot. Add all the water and the salt, cover, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the veggies are tender. If using chamomile tea bags, take out 1 cup of the hot broth (avoid getting the veggies) and simmer the tea in it for a few minutes while your veggies are simmering.
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Now blend all your veggies. You’ll need to do this in a couple batches. Ladle some soup broth into your blender. If using tea, remove the bags and add the tea to the blender along with half of the veggies. Add the nutritional yeast, Parmesan, vinegar, rosemary, pepper, and 1 teaspoon of the Gluccie. Blend well. Pour that mixture into a bowl. Ladle more soup water into the blender, add the rest of your veggies along with the remaining 1 teaspoon Gluccie and your core Trimmy ingredients: ghee, gelatin, collagen (if using), and lecithin (if using). Blend well, then return to the pot along with the blended mix from the bowl. Stir.
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Add your protein of choice. If using cottage cheese, put it in the same dirty blender with the water and blend until smooth, then add it to the soup. If using whey powder, mix it with the lukewarm water until there are no clumps, then add it slowly to the pot while whisking. Bring the soup to the perfect serving temp. Taste and adjust the flavors to “own it.”
Note
Recipe Notes
From Trim Healthy Mama Table~
MAKE A FAMILY MEAL:
- Enjoy a big bowlful or two of soup alone or pair it with a side salad (with a lean dressing to stay FP) and/or a slice or two of Fifteen-Minute Focaccia Bread (page 247) or Wonderful White Blender Bread (page 242).
- Growing children or others in the Crossie club can top it with cheese and add fruit on the side or sprouted-grain bread for a Crossover.
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PROTEIN OPTIONS:
- 2 cups 1% cottage cheese plus ½ cup water
- ½ cup unflavored TH Pristine Whey Protein Powder plus 1 cup lukewarm water
- 3 cups pulled rotisserie chicken or small-diced cooked chicken breast (see page 45 for cooking methods)
