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Lisa's Luscious Lemongrass Soup

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Category:     Soups and Broths

Description:
Lisa Edelstein offered this recipe for a vegetarian soup in the June 2010 issue of Prevention. It's fabulous! Any avoid or problem ingredients can easily be switched out for something more beneficial or for what you have on hand. Feel free to experiment. Give this soup a try, it's even better the next day!


General applicability:

Lisa's Luscious Lemongrass Soup
Green: recipe contains only neutral or a beneficials ingredients for that type.
Yellow: recipe contains an secondary avoid ingredient that may be substituted by a more permissable one.
Orange: contains an avoid in a primary ingredient.



Ingredient list:
  • small amount of olive oil
  • 1 shallot, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh lemongrass
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 heaping teaspoon Thai red curry paste
  • 3 cups vegetable stock
  • 1 small sweet potato, chopped
  • 1 carrot, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 cup broccoli, chopped
  • 1 cup cauliflower, chopped
  • 1 cup kale, chopped
  • 1 heaping teaspoon red barley miso paste


How to make it:
  • Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot.
  • Add the shallot and saute until tender.
  • Add the fresh lemongrass and garlic.
  • Let it saute until fragrant.
  • Add the red curry paste and mix.
  • Place everything in a food processor or blender and puree until it's a paste, then put it back in the pot.
  • Add the vegetable stock, the sweet potato, carrot, and red bell pepper.
  • Simmer until the vegetables soften.
  • Add the broccoli and cauliflower.
  • Cover and simmer until everything softens, adding water if necessary to cover the vegetables.
  • Add the kale.
  • Turn off the heat, cover the pot, and let the kale cook in the steam. (Be careful not to overcook the vegetables.)
  • Dissolve the miso paste in some of the hot stock in a separate pot.
  • Add to the main pot, stir, and serve.
  • Add more vegetable stock or water if you like a more liquid soup.
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Blood Type Diet Analysis:


Core Ingredients Analysis:
The ingredients in this category are either BTD compliant for all types or the recipe author and/or editor did not suggest a possible substitution. If this category contains avoids for your blood type this recipe may not work for you, unless you feel like you can omit the item or make an appropriate substitution.

Ingredient
A
B
O
AB
A NS
B NS
O NS
AB NS
Curry
N
B
B
B
N
B
B
B
Shallots
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Kale
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
Garlic
B
N
B
B
N
B
B
B
Broccoli
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
Carrots
B
B
N
N
N
B
B
N
Olive Oil
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B


Variations and Substitutions Analysis:
This category of ingredients contains possible substitutions that may allow different blood types to use the recipe or ingredients that can be left out of the recipe altogether.

Ingredient
A
B
O
AB
A NS
B NS
O NS
AB NS
Cauliflower
N
B
A
B
N
B
A
B
Sweet Potato
A
B
B
B
N
B
N
B
Soy, Miso
B
A
N
B
B
A
A
N
Pepper, Cayenne
A
N
B
A
A
N
B
A


Macronutrient Analysis:

This recipe may contain macronutrients with important effects on health

  • The recipe may contain ingredients high in lignans
  • The recipe may contain ingredients with healthy glucosinolates
  • The recipe may contain ingredients high in phytoestrogens
  • The recipe may contain ingredients encourage health microbiome balance