SERENE CHATS: This brilliant, beautiful red bisque is a delicious zinger for the tongue and a potent health-builder for your body. You can literally see God’s goodness gleaming. Red & purple veggies contain a long list of amazing nutrients, including substances called anthocyanins. These “anthy” things lower your risk of colon cancer, help treat stomach ulcers, & fight obesity & diabetes. They help preserve better balance, short-term memory, & vision as we age. The superstar of this bisque is the beet, which not only does all that but helps boost your immune system & purifies & builds your blood. This recipe is found in the “Big Eats Soups” section of Trim Healthy Table Cookbook, page 168. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people.
Red Russian Borscht Trimmy Bisque
Description
SERENE CHATS: This brilliant, beautiful red bisque is a delicious zinger for the tongue and a potent health-builder for your body. You can literally see God’s goodness gleaming. Red & purple veggies contain a long list of amazing nutrients, including substances called anthocyanins. These “anthy” things lower your risk of colon cancer, help treat stomach ulcers, & fight obesity & diabetes. They help preserve better balance, short-term memory, & vision as we age. The superstar of this bisque is the beet, which not only does all that but helps boost your immune system & purifies & builds your blood. This recipe is found in the "Big Eats Soups" section of Trim Healthy Table Cookbook, page 168. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people.
Ingredients
For the Bisque
For the Tangy Borscht Topper
Instructions
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Remove the beet greens. Wash the beets and cut them into large chunks without peeling. Put the beets in a food processor and process until they look like bright red, small-curd cottage cheese. Don’t process the beet greens; place them in a large soup pot with the water, salt, dill, bay leaves, cabbage, onion, radishes, celery, garlic, and the processed beets. Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce to a gentle simmer.
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Ladle out about 4 cups of the soup broth (trying not to get veggies with it) into a blender. Add your core Trimmy ingredients: MCT oil, gelatin, collagen (if using), and lecithin (if using). Add all the remaining ingredients (except the sausage). Hold the blender lid down tightly and Trimmy it up nice and smooth. Scrape it back into the soup pot.
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Add the sausage to the pot and let everything simmer together for a while so the flavors meld. It should start to lose any pink froth, and a deep red hue will be revealed.
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Make your tangy borscht topper. Whisk all the ingredients in a bowl until smooth. Remove the bay leaves from the bisque.
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Drizzle a tablespoon of the borscht topper onto your bowl of bisque broth, and lay a lemon slice (if using) on top.
Note
Recipe Notes
From Trim Healthy Table~
MAKE A FAMILY MEAL:
- For the weight-loss plan, enjoy a bowlful or two alone or pair with a side salad and/or an S-friendly bread from the Breads Chapter (page 240).
- Children can finish the meal with a side of fruit or have whole-grain rice or sprouted-grain bread on the side.
