Thursday, October 11, 2007

Live Shitake Soup with Butternut Squash, Red Pepper, and Hempseeds






Mild soup made creamy with the addition of hempseeds, with just a tad of heat from chilis.

This is a live soup -- the ingredients are not simmered, but are added into just-steaming water that's comfortable enough for you to put your hand into. That way, it's warm and comforting, but doesn't extinguish all those wonderful living nutrients...

4 C. quality water
1 C. shitake mushrooms, cut into pieces
1/2 small butternut squash, peeled and cut in pieces (including the squishy-seedy inside part you normally throw away)
1/2 red pepper but into pieces
1/4 C. hempseeds
1 small clove garlic
1 t. chili paste (or a piece of fresh raw chile according to your taste)
1 t. himmy salt (Himalayan Crystal Salt)

In large pot, heat the water til steaming. Add all ingredients and take off heat. Blend til smooth right in the pot with a hand blender (or blend in countertop blender).

2 Servings. Very filling.

2 comments:

Vev said...

I wonder the difference between Nutiva hemp stuff and Living Harvest....

Angela Leeds said...

I've never tried the Living Harvest brand. Will have to... I did buy them from Organique once, from Canada. Also excellent.