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Spring Green Soup Recipe

	Notyourmomma / All my dishes 1 year, 8 months ago As green as the first leaves of spring, this soup is a delightful way to welcome the new season. Adapted from "Simple Food" by Helen Nearing, found on the Green Living website Prep:15m Cook:35m Servings:4	Notyourmomm
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Ingredients

2-3 tablespoons butter or oil

2 bunches scallions, chopped

2 young carrots, thinly sliced

2 cups fresh peas

A few stalks of asparagus, cut into ½" pieces, ends trimmed

Handful of green celery leaves or lovage or spinach, chopped

6 cups veggie stock

1 lemon, zest only to soup as a garnish

homemade garlic pumpernickle croutons

Directions

Heat the butter or oil in a large skillet, and saute the scallions and carrots for a few minutes.

Add the peas, asparagus, and green leaves, and cook, stirring. Meanwhile, heat the stock or water in a large kettle; when hot, add the vegetables and bring to a boil.

Cover the kettle and simmer the soup for 15 to 20 minutes.

Puree in batches in blender.

Serve sprinkled with lemon zest and garlic pumpernickle croutons.

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Comments

misslionheart 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Sounds great! I only recently discovered lovage and love the taste.

Thankyou for posting this..

mao65 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Sounds great, but what is lovage?

jenniferbyrdez 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Sounds delish. Are you coming to the party?

bluewaterandsand 1 year, 8 months ago said:
This sounds great! I never had lovage either.

notyourmomma 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is a plant, the leaves and seeds or fruit of which are used to flavor food, especially in South European cuisine. It is a tall (3 to 9 ft) perennial that vaguely resembles its cousin celery in appearance and in flavor. Lovage also sometimes gets referred to as smallage, but this is more properly used for celery.

The fruit of the lovage plant can be used as a spice, but what appears in the trade as lovage seed is usually ajwain, not lovage. On the other hand, what is sold as 'celery seed' is often partially or entirely ground lovage seed.

The root of lovage, which is a heavy, volatile oil, is used as a mild aquaretic. Lovage root contains furanocoumarins which can lead to photosensitivity.

Lovage is considered a "magic bullet" companion plant; much as borage helps protect almost all plants from pests, so lovage is thought to improve the health of almost all plants.

In Germany and Holland, one of the common names of Lovage is Maggikraut (German) or Maggiplant (Dutch) because the plant's taste is reminiscent of Maggi soup seasoning. In Romania the common name of Lovage is Leuştean.

Lovage tea can be applied to wounds as an antiseptic, or drunk to stimulate digestion. Lovage is second only to capers in its quercetin content

inmaculada 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Nice recipe... love vegetable soups and this sounds as good as it must look. And very interesting information on the lovage. Thanks for both.

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