Springtime Minestrone

Spring Minestrone
Spring Minestrone

This Spring Minestrone will use up all the bounty of the season. It is delicately flavored with fennel seeds and finished with a nice dose of fresh herbs. The addition of serrano chile makes it just the right amount of spicy. This Spring Minestrone is healthy, alkaline and truly flavorful. Make this part of your spring!

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Springtime Minestrone

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
  • 4 cloves garlic, sliced thin
  • 6 scallions, chopped
  • 1/2 or 1 whole serrano chile, minced (I like spicier)
  • 3 wide strips of lemon zest
  • 2 leeks, white and light green parts only, cleaned, halved lengthwise and sliced in 1/2″ half moons
  • 1 fennel bulb, sliced thin
  • 8 oz. sugar snap peas, sliced thin on the diagonal
  • 1 bunch asparagus, trimmed and sliced thin on the diagonal
  • 2 cups spinach
  • 1 cup sweet peas, fresh or frozen, then thawed
  • 3 teaspoons fresh parsley, chopped
  • 2 teaspoons fresh tarragon, chopped
  • 2 teaspoons fresh chives, chopped
  • Sea salt and pepper

Instructions

In a large soup pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the fennel seeds and the garlic and cook, stirring often, until the garlic is softened but not gold, about 2 minutes. Add the scallions, serrano and lemon zest. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the scallions are soft, about 5-6 minutes.

Add 7 cups of water to the soup pot. Increase the heat and bring to a simmer. Add leeks, fennel, snap peas and asparagus. Season with a generous pinch of sea salt, reduce heat to medium and let simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. Add the spinach and the peas and cook for another minute. Remove from the heat and add the fresh herbs. Season to taste with sea salt and done. Bon appรฉtit!

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Minestrone printaniรจre

Cette belle soupe minestrone printaniรจre, vรชtue de vert, vous fera profiter au maximum des bienfaisances de la saison. On la parfume dรฉlicatement avec des graines de fenouil et on termine l’assaisonnement en beautรฉ avec une bonne dose d’herbes fraรฎches. L’ajout d’un piment serrano รฉpice le bouillon de faรงon รฉquilibrรฉe, pour une soupe santรฉ, alkaline, et tout-ร -fait goรปteuse. Un pur plaisir!

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 1/4 tasse d’huile d’olive
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de graines de fenouil
  • 4 gousses d’ail, tranchรฉes mince
  • 6 oignons verts, hachรฉs
  • 1 piment serrano, รฉmincรฉ
  • 3 larges bandes de zeste de citron
  • 2 poireaux, la partie blanche et vert pรขle seulement, lavรฉs, coupรฉs en deux sur la longueur, et coupรฉ ensuite en demi-lunes de 1/2 pouce (1.25 cm)
  • 1 bulbe de fenouil, parรฉ et tranchรฉ mince
  • 8 onces de pois mange-tout, tranchรฉs mince sur la diagonale
  • 1 botte d’asperges, parรฉes et tranchรฉes mince sur la diagonale
  • 2 tasses d’รฉpinards
  • 1 tasse de petits pois sucrรฉs, frais ou surgelรฉs (dรฉcongelรฉs)
  • 3 c. ร  thรฉ de persil frais, hachรฉ
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ d’estragon frais, hachรฉ
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de ciboulette fraรฎche, ciselรฉe
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Dans un grand chaudron ร  soupe, chauffer l’huile ร  feu moyen. Ajouter les graines de fenouil et l’ail, et cuire en brassant souvent pendant 2 minutes. Ajouter les oignons verts, le piment serrano et les bandes de zeste de citron. Cuire, en brassant ร  l’occasion, jusqu’ร  ce que les oignons verts soient tendres, environ 5 ร  6 minutes.

Ajouter 7 tasses d’eau au chaudron et augmenter le feu ร  moyen-รฉlevรฉ, jusqu’ร  ce que le bouillon mijote. Ajouter les poireaux, le fenouil, les pois mange-tout et les asperges. Assaisonner gรฉnรฉreusement de sel de mer, rรฉduire le feu ร  moyen et laisser mijoter pendant 5 minutes, ou jusqu’ร  ce que les lรฉgumes soient tendres. Ajouter les รฉpinards et les pois sucrรฉs et continuer de cuire pendant une minute. Retirer du feu, ajouter les herbes fraรฎches et assaisonner au goรปt de sel de mer et de poivre. Bon appรฉtit!

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Coconut Green Spring Soup

Coconut Green Spring Soup
Coconut Green Spring Soup

It is now Spring in Arizona. The fruit trees are starting to bud, the seeds are sprouting. And this weather inspired this refreshing Coconut Green Spring Soup. The flavors in the soup, based on coconut milk, ginger, garlic, and lemongrass, are perfectly balanced. You could use other vegetables that cook somewhat quickly, as this soup is ready in a heartbeat! Longest thing is mincing and chopping. I served my soup over some ramen noodles, but any type of Asian noodles would work here. Ramen, soba, pad thai noodles, all good choices! I hope you enjoy this soup as much as my family did!

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

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Coconut Green Spring Soup

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 teaspoons coconut oil
  • 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon ginger, minced
  • 1 tablespoon lemongrass, soft part only, minced
  • 1/2 bunch asparagus, cut into 1” lengths
  • 2 small zucchini, cut in half lengthwise and then sliced thin into half moons
  • 3 heads baby bok choi, stems and leaves separated, stems diced and leaves torn if too big
  • 5 cups vegetable broth or mushroom stock
  • 1 can full fat coconut milk
  • 2 teaspoons green curry paste
  • 4 cups shiitake mushroom caps, sliced about 1/4” thick
  • 2 limes, cut into quarters
  • 1 jalapeรฑo chile, sliced into thin strips
  • 1 10 oz package Asian noodles (soba, ramen, pad thai), cooked according to package directions
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste
  • To garnish: fresh cilantro, fresh basil, mung bean sprouts, and toasted peanuts

Instructions

In a soup pot, heat the coconut oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, ginger, and lemongrass, and sautรฉ for 2 minutes, while stirring. Add the asparagus, zucchini and bok choi stems, and cook, stirring, 3 more minutes.

Add broth, coconut milk, green curry paste, and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil and add mushrooms. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 4-5 minutes until the mushrooms are cooked. Add the bok choi leaves and turn off the heat. Sprinkle with the juice of half a lime and add the chile. Taste and adjust seasonings.ย 

To serve, put some noodles in shallow bowls. Top with some soup and garnish with cilantro, basil, bean sprouts, toasted peanuts, and lime quarters. Bon appรฉtit!

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Soupe printaniรจre au lait de coco

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ d’huile de coconutย 
  • 1 grosse gousse d’ail, รฉmincรฉe
  • 1 bout de gingembre frais de 1 pouce, รฉmincรฉ
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de citronnelle, la partie tendre seulement, รฉmincรฉe
  • 1/2 botte d’asperges, coupรฉes en tronรงons de 1 pouce
  • 2 petits zucchinis, coupรฉs en deux sur la longueur, et ensuite tranchรฉs mince en demi-lune
  • 3 tรชtes de jeune bok choi (pak-choรฏ), les queues coupรฉes en dรฉs et les feuilles hachรฉes
  • 5 tasses de bouillon de lรฉgumes ou de champignons
  • 1 boรฎte de lait de coconut rรฉgulier
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de pรขte de cari verte
  • 4 tasses de champignons shiitake, sans les queues et coupรฉs en tranches de 1/4 pouce
  • 2 limes, coupรฉes en quartiers
  • 1 piment jalapeรฑo, en fines laniรจres
  • 1 paquet (10 oz) de nouilles de style asiatique (soba, ramen, pad thaรฏ), cuites selon les directives sur l’emballage
  • Sel de mer, au goรปt salt and pepper, to taste
  • Garnitures: coriandre fraรฎche, basilic Thaรฏ, jeunes pousses, cacahuรจtes grillรฉes

Instructions

Dans un chaudron ร  soupe, chauffer l’huile de coconut ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter l’ail, le gingembre et la citronnelle. Faire revenir 2 minutes, en brassant. Ajouter les asperges, le zucchini et les queues de bok choi, et cuire, en brassant, 3 minutes de plus.

Ajouter le bouillon, le lait de coconut, la pรขte de cari verte, et le sel de mer, au goรปt. Porter ร  รฉbullition et ajouter les champignons. Rรฉduire le feu et laisser mijoter pendant 4 ร  5 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce que les champignons soient cuits. Ajouter les feuilles de bok choi et retirer du feu. Ajouter le jus de lime et le piment jalapeรฑo. Goรปter et ajuster les assaisonnements.

Pour servir, placer les nouilles cuites dans des assiettes creuses. Ajouter la soupe. Garnir de coriandre fraรฎche, de basilic Thaรฏ, de jeunes pousses, des cacahuรจtes grillรฉes, et de quartiers de lime. Bon appรฉtit!

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