Foods High In Iron

What is it about Hungarian mushroom soup that everyone loves?  Recipes from the old country are flavorful and delicious.  They call for real food ingredients that are both healthy and tasty.  My mother's good friend Bernice used to make a her family's recipe when I was a teenager and always shared some with us. It brings back wonderful memories of warming up with a hot bowl of this flavorful soup on a cold and damp autumn evening. Since it's been raining and cool for the past five days, I've been digging up all of my soup recipes.  It's a simple easy to make recipe with a hearty mushroom flavor.  It's allergy friendly too for those who are gluten free, dairy free, egg free-   Judee Algazi@ Gluten Free A-Z Blog Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 1 Hour Serves: 6 bowls Ingredients:  2 medium yellow onions, peeled and sliced in half moons 5 cups of sliced mushrooms ( white or baby portobello)  2 stalks celery, diced 1/4 cup parsley, chopped fine 1/4 ...

Do you want to eat more cruciferous vegetables and add low calorie soups to your diet ? So do I- This low calorie and delicious easy to make soup will fill you up while helping you lose weight! It was a cold Halloween night, so I made a fast and easy seasonal soup to keep us warm! For some reason, despite it being 75 degrees the day before, we experienced another cold Halloween. It was only 44 chilly degrees for the little ones to do their trick or treating. It's always been my custom to make soup for dinner on Halloween . I feel a big bowl of piping hot soup hits the spot before venturing out in the cold. My soup this year, was created from vegetables that I received from my organic CSA: Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, onion and fresh dill for the garnish. I blended in some white beans to give the soup some heartiness and at the same time make it creamy. My good friend and fabulous cook , Laura, who co-authored   Food No Matter What!  was visiting while I was making this soup. ...

I love making easy seasonal soups that are both tasty and healthy. In this recipe cauliflower and kale, two cruciferous vegetables, team up with coconut milk to make a mild creamy fall soup just in time for the cooler damper weather. I adore soup and can't think of a better way to make sure I get my fill of antioxidant rich vegetables. In addition, this vegan soup has sauteed garlic, onions and turmeric , goes a long way, and is deliciously satisfying. Despite that the four vegetables are very bold flavored vegetables, the soup actually tastes mild and pleasant . It's a great way to include more dark greens into your diet, especially for picky family members who will not actually detect the taste of the kale in the soup. This time of the year, I don't mind turning on the oven to bring a little extra warmth into the house. This recipe calls for roasting a cut up head of cauliflower, which takes about 45 minutes .  Then the roasted vegetable is added to the soup pot where the...

Bring on the party with these delicious tomato soup shooters! Served at room temperature or chilled, these shooters are the great way to get any party or meal started and they are one of the best tomato soups ever!  With just 5 ingredients, preparation is a breeze! The recipe meets my criteria for health, ease, convenience and taste. It's made from real food, is naturally gluten free, and vegan. In addition, it makes a fun presentation and can be served without heating- a real plus when you are trying to juggle last minute details for a dinner party! A shooter is just the right amount of soup for a big meal. Who wants to fill up on the soup when you have a full meal coming?? And you really get to enjoy the exceptional flavor when you are limiting the quantity. Get Creative Or you might want to serve them as part of your appetizers at a party or other gathering! Paired with some cheese and crackers, it's delicious! You could also top the shooters with some fresh salsa, a touch o...

 I love ethnic spices, especially in soups. This roasted carrot soup is rich in warming spices of ginger, turmeric, and cardamom with a touch of cooling coconut milk. This easy soup is low in calories, low in fat, vegan, and and naturally gluten free ( like all my recipes)  I received carrots, onions, and potatoes this week as part of my CSA farm share. I immediately started to think soup! Roasted veggies make easy and flavorful soups One of my favorite and easiest ways to make soup is to use roasted veggies as my base. I got the idea when I had a significant amount of vegetables in the refrigerator, and we were leaving for vacation. I needed to find a way to cook the veggies and freeze them. I decided to roast them all. The result was a deliciously tasty blend of incredibly flavorful veggies.  My daughter in law Wendy said, " Why don't you just blend those roasted veggies in the Vitamix with vegetable broth." That's exactly what I did and to...

Tortilla soup is one of my favorites!  Whenever I go to Cancun, Mexico on vacation, I am jealous of everyone eating and raving about the tortilla soup. It always looks so good, but it is made with chicken and chicken broth, and I am a vegetarian. I've searched for a vegetarian tortilla recipe, but have never really found one I liked until today. Today, I found a good recipe on    A Year of Slow Cooking    that looks just like the soup in Mexico and guess what? It's made in the crock pot! Does it get any better than that? Yes, it's gluten free, vegan, and made from real food ingredients. I knew I was going to like this one.  I love the ease of crock pot recipes and that everything is in one pot and there is so little mess. I also love that once the ingredients are assembled and in the slow cooker, I can walk out of the kitchen and do other things. The timer calls me when dinner is ready!  Although this recipe uses a 6 quart slow cooker, I'm sure ...

Got yellow summer squash? Try this easy recipe that can be made into a quick summer soup or a delicious summer salad! Today I received 5 pounds of golden yellow summer squash from my CSA. In addition, I received 3 pounds of carrots, two different kinds of lettuces, chard, 2 pounds of string beans, a pint of raspberries, lots of cucumbers, 2 eggplants, scallions, etc. When you belong to a CSA you need to be ready to prep, cook, and freeze on the day you bring everything home. Otherwise, you run the risk of the vegetables deteriorating! I love the simplicity of fresh vegetables right from the farm. They taste so good that they very little seasoning. From the Farm Add caption I decided to cook the carrots and squash together in a large sauté with some onions.  I then divided the sauté in half and made two different recipes from that one sauté.  Of course both recipes are gluten free and vegan. Recipe 1 : Yellow Squash Quinoa Salad ( eaten hot or cold as a quinoa salad) Recipe 2:...

What's all the fuss about celery ? I recently visited the website of Anthony Williams . He is a medical medium who gives nutritional advice on Hay House Radio. He says that celery is one of the vegetables that can help alkalize and mineralize your body- so it's great for healing what ails you. Many sources say that disease doesn't like to live in an alkaline environment- and guess what celery creates? ( alkalinity) . For healing, he recommends a large glass of organic celery juice daily and drank on an empty stomach first thing in the morning. My morning juice Celery is a Part of my Morning Juice I've always included organic celery in my morning fresh vegetable juice. I use carrots, celery, cucumber, beet, romaine lettuce, parsley, kale. I switch around greens as each green offers a different benefit. Sometimes I use collard greens instead of kale or butter leaf lettuce instead of romaine lettuce, cilantro instead of parsley. In addition, I recently started adding green...