Creamy Spinach and Potato Soup

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Creamy Spinach and Potato Soup

 

Recipe By :More Soy Cooking - Marie Oser

Serving Size : 10 Preparation Time :0:00

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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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2 teaspoons olive oil

1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper

1 tablespoon grated fresh gingerroot

6 cloves garlic -- minced

1 large stalk celery, with leaves -- chopped

1 6 oz package veggie Canadian bacon -- diced

3 cups peeled, diced potatoes

1/3 cup dry sherry

plus

1/4 cup dry sherry

4 cups chicken-flavor vegetarian broth -- boiling

1 6 oz package baby spinach

1 12.3 oz package lite silken tofu

1 cup enriched 1% fat soymilk

1/2 cup nutritional yeast

1 tablespoon cornstarch

2 tablespoons cold water

1/3 cup mellow white miso

1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram

1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper

1 large shallot -- minced

 

In a 5-quart saucepan, warm oil and crushed pepper over medium-high heat for 1

minute. Add gingerroot, onion, shallot, celery, and veggie bacon. Saute 5

minutes, stirring frequently. Add the potatoes and cook mixture 8 minutes. Add

the 1/3 cup sherry and cook 2 minutes, then add the hot broth and spinch.

Reduce heat to medium low and cook 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender.

 

Place the tofu in food processor and blend until smooth. Add soymilk and

nutritional yeast and blend.

 

In a small bowl, mix the cornstarch and water and add to the tofu; process. Add

the tofu mixture to the soup, stirring to blend. Simmer 5 minutes.

 

In a small bowl, cream the miso with the 1/4 cup sherry and add with the

marjoram and lemon pepper. Simmer soup 5 minutes, or until ready to serve. Do

not boil.

 

Description:

" Extravagantly rich and flavorful, this enticing creamy soup is

dresssed to impress! "

 

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Per serving: 31 Calories (kcal); 1g Total Fat; (51% calories from fat); trace

Protein; 2g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 19mg Sodium

Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0 Fat; 0

Other Carbohydrates

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0