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Cooking for Healing: Eye Health

Spinach Soup

Stephanie Davidian

Spinach is full of lutein, a vitamin that helps improve and maintain healthy
eyesight. Since the spinach in this soup is blanched instead of cooked, it
retains almost all of its natural nutrients.

Ingredients Melt the butter in a pot and sautee the
1 pound fresh spinach, stems removed onion and garlic until tender. Add the

1 tbs butter jalapeno. Cook for about twenty seconds
1 small yellow onion before adding the spinach, cream cheese,

1 tbs minced garlic and broth. Cook for one minute before
1 sliced jalapeno using an immersion blender to blend
2 cups vegetable or chicken broth until smooth.

4 ounces room temperature cream cheese
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese Stir in the cheese and add salt and

Salt and pepper to taste pepper to taste.

Instructions Notes:

Bring a pot of water to a boil while
preparing a bowl of ice water. Add the Easily make this vegan by using

spinach to the boiling water for 20-30 vegetable broth, vegan butter, and vegan
seconds before placing it into the ice water. cheeses. Parmesan can be replaced with
Leave in the ice water for five minutes nutritional yeast, found in the baking

before draining through a colander. aisle of most grocery stores.
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