Turmeric Soup

Turmeric Soup

Have you heard the buzz about how good Turmeric is for you?  It fights inflammation and has been found to be an effective treatment against arthritis so I have been working on ways to use it more in our diet.  For instance there is a hot sweet drink recipe floating around the internet that we really like which calls for turmeric, ginger and cinnamon in hot non-dairy milk.  It is a wonderful alternative to hot chocolate.  I won't blog the recipe since I didn't create it, but if you search for it you can find it on several sites.

Today I wanted a creamy mushroom soup for lunch and thought, I should try adding turmeric and black pepper to it and see how that goes.  As it so happens, it goes down just fine.

Ingredients for one bowl of soup:
1 cup finely chopped fresh button mushrooms
2 dollops of hummus (homemade if you can to keep out unwanted fats)
1 clove garlic, finely minced
1 stalk celery, finely chopped
2 handfuls of fresh baby spinach leaves
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 healthy dash of ground black pepper
1/2-1 cup almond milk
1 dash of Bragg 24 Herb blend

Simmer over medium high heat until thickened, yet green stuff is still green, about 5 minutes.
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