{"id":20953,"date":"2018-09-05T15:25:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T03:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kalem92887712.wordpress.com\/2018\/09\/05\/beta-carotene-soup\/"},"modified":"2018-09-05T15:25:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T03:25:59","slug":"beta-carotene-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/2018\/09\/05\/beta-carotene-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Beta Carotene Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>#loveyourleftovers. This nutritious soup is packed with the antioxidant and precursor to vitamin A, beta carotene! Getting plenty of antioxidants in your diet has been shown to support the immune system and reduce risk of heart disease and cancer.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/1*lULFRwXpHfe3d321lywuzw.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><br>\n<\/p><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Serves 4<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ingredients<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2 tsp olive oil<br>\u00bd\u20131 brown or red onion, roughly diced<br>1 celery stick, roughly chopped<br>2 carrots, peeled, cut in half lengthways then thinly sliced<br>1 tsp ground cumin<br>\u00bd tsp ground coriander<br>200g pumpkin, peeled and grated<br>1 parsnip, peeled and grated<br>1 clove garlic, thinly sliced<br>\u00bd tsp grated ginger<br>3 cups vegetable stock<br>1 cup water<br>\u00bd cup red lentils<br>2 tsp honey<br>2\u20134 Tbsp chopped coriander leaves<br>1\/4 cup lite coconut milk<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>To serve<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Picked coriander leaves<br>Pinch of chilli flakes<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Methods<br><\/em><\/strong>1. Heat oil in a large pot on medium heat. Add onion, celery and carrots. Cook for 6\u20138 minutes, stirring often, until softening.<\/p>\n<p>2. Add pumpkin, parsnip, garlic, ginger, coriander, cumin, stock and water and season well with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>3. Stir through lentils and honey, then leave to simmer, covered, a further 20 minutes. Remove from heat and stir through coriander and coconut milk. Use a stick mixer or food processor to blend until smooth.<\/p>\n<p>4. To serve, ladle into bowls and sprinkle with coriander and a pinch of chilli flakes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nutritional Info (per bowl)<br><\/em><\/strong>Energy (kJ): 849<br>Energy (Cal): 203<br>Carbohydrate (g): 25.9<br>Protein (g): 10.5<br>Fat (g): 4.7<br>Saturated Fat (g): 2.1<br>Sugars (g): 12.5<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.freshstartwithnadia.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> to return to Fresh Start Blog<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#loveyourleftovers. This nutritious soup is packed with the antioxidant and precursor to vitamin A, beta carotene! Getting plenty of antioxidants in your diet has been shown to support the immune system and reduce risk of heart disease and cancer. Serves 4 Ingredients 2 tsp olive oil\u00bd\u20131 brown or red onion, roughly diced1 celery stick, roughly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2377,2384,2374],"tags":[1852,1745,1853,2024,1848],"class_list":["post-20953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-freshstart","category-lunch","category-recipes","tag-food","tag-fresh-start","tag-inspiration","tag-loveyourleftovers","tag-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}