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Spring Green Soup Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • 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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  • inmaculada 16 years ago
    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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  • notyourmomma 16 years ago
    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
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    " It was excellent "
    bluewaterandsand ate it and said...
    This sounds great! I never had lovage either.
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    " It was excellent "
    jenniferbyrdez ate it and said...
    Sounds delish. Are you coming to the party?
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  • mao65 16 years ago
    Sounds great, but what is lovage?
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  • misslionheart 16 years ago
    Sounds great! I only recently discovered lovage and love the taste.

    Thankyou for posting this..
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