Two Delicious Paleo Soups!

I cooked dinner for ten friends last night, and decided that doing soup would be easiest.  I decided to serve them all Reboot/Paleo-friendly food. (Besides the ciabatta bread which got devoured!)

After spending some time Googling soup recipes, I found a couple I liked, but ended up making my own combination of both soups.  I was a bit nervous as it was the first time attempting either of these soups - but they came out super yum, yay!

Please let me know if you make them and how you liked them!

Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of the soups, totally forgot - will take next time I make them and add to the post!

Butternut Soup

Ingredients:

©       Butternut cubes (About 6 cups)

©       1 can coconut milk or coconut cream

©       2 cups chicken stock or water

©       1 granny smith apple (peeled, cored and cubed)

©       2 carrots (peeled and chopped)

©       1tbsp ground cinnamon

©       1tbsp ground nutmeg 

Method:

©       Prepare butternut in oven dish with coconut oil, salt, pepper and herbs.  Bake in oven for about an hour.

©       Put all other ingredients together in slowcooker.

©       When butternut is done, add to slowcooker.

©       Blend with stickblender for desired consistency.

Notes on this soup:

©       The reason why the butternut gets baked in the oven is that it brings the flavour out more.

©       I used dried sage when baking the butternut, with lots of pepper.  Divine.

©       If on Reboot diet, use water instead of chicken stock.

©       This soup is so easy and really yummy! 

Chicken Curry Coconut Soup

Ingredients:

©       Big pack of chicken breasts (chopped)

©       Two onions (finely chopped)

©       One red pepper (chopped)

©       1-2 cups button mushrooms (sliced)

©       2-3 cups water or chicken stock

©       2-3 tablespoons curry powder

©       1 tablespoon almond flour (optional, for thickening)

©       1-2 tins coconut milk or coconut cream

©       1 teaspoon fresh coriander or ground coriander

©       Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

 Method:

©       Add all ingredients to slowcooker and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4-6 hours.

©       Adjust spices to taste

©       Use stick blender to achieve desired consistency 

Notes on this soup:

©       Adjust amounts used to the size of the soup you want.

©       Use water instead of chicken stock if on Reboot diet.

©       Don’t be scared of the amount of curry – I only added about 1.5 tablespoons curry powder and definitely should have done more.

©       I added some garlic and ginger too. 

Enjoy!

xx