Mushroom soup is a nourishing addition to any healthy eating plan. Mushrooms provide essential vitamins and minerals that act as antioxidants, reducing inflammation with cancer-preventing properties.
Selenium is great for optimal thyroid function, potassium helps muscles and nerves function, and vitamin D is a powerful hormone (yes, hormone) that plays an important role in cancer prevention as well as maintaining both happy moods and healthy body weight.
Mushrooms are also a source of B vitamins: riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), and pantothenic acid (B5). B vitamins help maintain a healthy metabolism since they are essential to convert carbohydrates in to sugar for fuel, and help the body breakdown fats and proteins. Pantothenic acid is widely known for it’s ability to boost adrenal function as it plays an important role in hormone production and nervous system regulation.
Creamy Mushroom Soup
Ingredients:
6 cups of mushrooms, sliced (I like to use a mix of button, swiss, and portabello)
1/2 cup white onion, peeled and chopped
3 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
2 T grass fed organic butter (make this vegan and substitute with vegan margarine)
4 1/2 cups vegetable stock
1 1/2 cups cashews, soaked in cold water for at least 2 hours
1 1/4 tsp dried thyme
1 1/4 tsp rosemary
1T chopped parsley
1 T chopped chives
Directions:
In a large soup pot, saute’ the mushrooms, onions and garlic in butter until soft–about 5 minutes. (Take care to not over-cook).
Add vegetable broth, thyme, and rosemary. Cover and simmer on low for about 40 minutes.
Using a slotted spoon, scoop and reserve 1 cup of mushrooms to a small bowl, to be added to soup later.
Rinse and drain the soaked cashews. Add to blender with 3/4 cup water and blend until creamy.
Add blended cashews to a 2nd soup pot, simmer.
In small batches, blend the mushroom soup in a blender until creamy.
Add each batch to the cashew blend in the 2nd simmering soup pot.
Once all mushroom soup has been blended and added to 2nd simmering soup pot, Stir in the reserved cup of mushrooms. Add chives and parlsey.
Simmer for 10 minutes.
ProTip: for a creamy soup, omit reserving and then re-adding, the sliced mushrooms. Just blend them all.
Serve and enjoy!
Live Life Optimally,
Kristie
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Kristie is a wife and mother of 4 and an athlete. She has been working in healthcare for more than 25 years. Kristie’s goal is to assist her patients to achieve and maintain an exceptional level of health and life-balance. She successfully blends prevention, optimization, hormone therapy, and age management with balanced and healthy living into her progressive wellness and integrative medical practice. Read more
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