Green Goddess Soup
Green Goddess Soup is a vibrant and nutritious dish that typically features a variety of green vegetables and herbs, resulting in a burst of fresh flavors. When you want to feel refreshed, reset your body and enhance immunity all at once, make this simple soup to take care of it all!
Broccoli is a cruciferous veggie that is rich in indole-3 carbinol to fuel up detoxification powers and is high in glucosinolates which stimulate the body’s immune system. Broccoli also has high levels of Vitamins A, C (238% of your daily needs in 2 cups of our soup) and E a perfect complement to boosting immunity.
The chili peppers calm inflammatory fires and add a nice kick to open your sinus up. Make extra to freeze and better yet give to a friend to put a smile on their face and help you release your counter stress hormone oxytocin!
Green Goddess Soup
Ingredients
- ¼ cup vegetable stock low sodium, gluten free i.e. Pacific
- 1 onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 inch ginger minced
- 3 cups water
- 4 cups broccoli rough chopped
- Sea salt & pepper to taste
1 minute Sriracha:
- 4 Tbsp. chili peppers finely chopped
- 3 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar ACV
- 1 Tbsp. crushed garlic
Garnish
- ¾ cup arugula or watercress, divided
- 1 Tbsp. chili peppers sliced
- ½ lemon juice
Directions
- Add vegetable stock, onion, garlic and ginger to a large stockpot over medium heat. Healthy sauté for just a minute or until fragrant. Next add the water, broccoli, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat to low and let simmer for 8-10 minutes until the broccoli is tender.
- In the meantime to make 1 minute Sriracha, add chili peppers, ACV and crushed garlic to a small bowl. Mix well.
- Add ½ cup of the arugula, to the soup, puree with a hand immersion blender or add batches to a blender and blend until smooth. Ladle into bowls, drizzle with Sriracha, garnish with remaining arugula, remaining chili peppers and juice of lemon. Yum!
