Lettuce & Potato Soup

lettuce and potato soup

 

Makes approximately 5 cups

This recipe will require a food processor to liquefy the ingredients to make soup
Needs premade Elim Vegetable Stock recipe
Ingredients:
  • 2 1/2 cups premade Elim stock
  • 2 large potatoes
  • 1 choko
  • 1/2 head iceberg lettuce
  • 1/2 leek
  • 1/4 cup parsley
  • iodised salt to taste
  • rice bran cooking oil (or suitable oil)

Method:

  • Dice the leek roughly and stir-fry for about 3 minutes in a fry pan until it becomes translucent and slightly browned. Stir occasionally.
  • Place the premade stock into a large saucepan that has a lid and bring to the boil
  • Peel the potatoes and choko and cut them into chunks
  • Add the potatoes, choko, leek and salt to the warmed stock and bring to the boil
  • Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes
  • Add the washed and roughly chopped lettuce and parsley
  • Continue simmering for about 10 minutes, or until the potato and choko are soft.
  • Allow everything to cool slightly before processing. (Allow steam to vent when processing warm, or wait until the mixture is cold. You don’t want the processor to explode)
  • Process the mixture in batches, in a food processor, until smooth
  • Add salt to taste
  • Don’t add all the liquid in the pot if you wish to have a thicker soup

Serve:

  • Serve with your choice of gluten free bread or crackers

Tip:

Larger chunks of potato and choko take longer to cook, but they retain more nutrients.

RECIPES SUITABLE FOR THE RPAH FOOD CHEMICAL ELIMINATION DIET
Disclaimer: Please note that the food chemical elimination diet is a testing tool to find which food chemical substances your body is sensitive to. It is not intended to be a life-long diet. This procedure should be done with the supervision of your dietitian. Once the elimination investigations are complete you need to add foods back to the diet, from the food chemical groups you have been avoiding, to find your tolerance levels to the substances to which you are sensitive.

The following recipes fall into 4 main categories and will help you through this diet investigation and or the initial re-introduction of moderate chemicals.

LOW CHEMICAL RECIPES
Free from gluten/wheat and dairy foods

LOW CHEMICAL RECIPES
containing gluten/wheat and or dairy foods

MODERATE CHEMICAL RECIPES
free from gluten/wheat or dairy food

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containing gluten/wheat and or dairy foods

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