Healing Soup

This delicious soup is packed with ingredients shown in clinical studies to relieve joint pain, prevent cancer and heart disease, reduce blood sugar and prevent memory loss.

Ingredients:

1 onion
2 carrots
2 celery sticks
3 medium-sized potatoes
4 medium-sized tomatoes
14-oz. can of chickpeas
5 cups vegetable stock
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 ½ tsp. ground turmeric
1 Tbsp. grated gingerroot
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
½ tsp. curry powder
4 strands of saffron
1 bay leaf
1 Tbsp. fresh-squeezed lemon juice.

Preparation:

1. Dice celery, onion and potatoes. Peel and dice carrots. Dice tomatoes, remove seeds.

2. Pour 1½ cups of the veggie stock into largesaucepan. Add onions and simmer for a few minutes.

3. While onions are simmering, deal with the spices. Mix in the cinnamon, curry, turmeric, cayenne, and ginger and add 2 Tbsp. of thevegetable stock. Mix well.

4. Add this mix to the onions and stock already being heated.

5. Add the rest of your veggie stock to the onion and stock mix and let soup return to boil. Stir, then cover and heat.

6. After 5 minutes, add the potatoes, tomatoes, celery, and carrots and allow it to simmer in the covered saucepan for 20 – 30 minutes or until carrots and celery are tender.

7. Pour in the chickpeas, black pepper, saffron, and fresh-squeezed lemon juice and heat thoroughly before serving.

8. Enjoy!