Healthy spinach soup
January 1, 2020
: 4
: 10 min
: 30 min
: Easy
Ready in 30 minutes and packed full of iron, this nourishing soup makes the perfect, healthy weeknight dinner. Freeze leftovers to have the ultimate vitamin boost on hand.
Ingredients
- 40g butter
- 4 sticks celery, de-stringed and chopped
- 2 leeks, chopped
- 1 bunch spring onions, chopped (or 1 large salad onion)
- 1 large Maris Piper potato, peeled and diced
- ¼ teaspoon celery salt
- 1 litre homemade chicken stock (or high-quality store-bought, like Daylesford’s Organic Chicken Bone Broth)
- 200g organic spinach
- To serve:
- 70ml single cream (you could use crème fraiche or sour cream) (optional)
- Homemade croutons (to garnish)
Directions
- Step 1 Melt the butter on medium heat in a large saucepan (with a lid). Add all the vegetables (except the spinach), sprinkle with celery salt, and lightly season. Stir to combine and coat the vegetables in the butter.
- Step 2 Put the lid on and gently sweat for 10 minutes. (If the vegetables start catching, lower the heat and stir a couple of times).
- Step 3 Add the stock and bring to the boil. Turn down the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Step 4 Add the spinach and cook for 5 minutes. The leaves will wilt, but should still be vibrant in colour.
- Step 5 Take off the heat and blend with a stick blender until smooth. The soup is delicious as is, but if you wish to add a creamy element, stir in the cream and blend briefly to combine. Serve with a handful of homemade croutons.
Variations:
- For a vegetarian version, swap the chicken stock for vegetable stock.
- For a vegan version, swap the butter for vegan margarine or olive oil, swap the chicken stock for vegetable stock and omit the cream.
- If you wish to freeze the soup, do so before adding the cream.
- Try our recipe for Homemade Croutons – they take 10 minutes.
Presence by Amy Cuddy is essential reading on how we can use our bodies to influence our thinking. While waiting for the spinach to wilt, strike a ‘power pose’ for 2 minutes. Lift your arms overhead and have your legs shoulder-width apart, firmly planted on the ground. After a long day (sitting at a computer or slouched over your mobile phone), this is an easy way to find length in the body and to invite new energy into your day.
