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November 19, 2014
I love recipes that grow with you, withstanding the years and transforming as your palate transforms. This is one of those recipes—it is about as simple as a recipe can be, but can easily be dressed up for a chic soiree. It’s also insanely nutritious.
Hemp seeds, packed with plant protein and omega 3 fatty acids. Nutritional yeast, loaded with B vitamins and amino acids. And the veggielicious roar of the mighty green zucchini. Plus fried sage, and the sage-infused olive oil it’s fried in. This crispy sage is so good it’s nuts (or should I say, it’s hemp seeds!).
Cayenne adds a beautiful finishing touch of warmth. Vegan soup glory in one bowl of genius green goodness. And all you have to do is steam some veggies and turn on your blender!
CREAMY ZUCCHINI SOUP WITH HEMP SEEDS & CRISPY SAGE.
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- 4 small-medium zucchini sliced lengthwise and cut rough chunks
- 1 large onion peeled and quartered quartered
- 2 cloves large garlic peeled
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 2 tsp ume plum vinegar
- 1 Tbsp hemp seeds
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil
- 2 Tbsp nutritional yeast
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 8-10 leaves fresh sage
- hemp seeds and cayenne pepper for garnish
Instructions
- Fill large stock pot with two cups water. Place metal steamer in pot and add zucchini, onions, and garlic. Turn on heat and steam with lid on for about 5 minutes, until the zucchini is tender and the onions are just slightly translucent.
- Remove from heat, and transfer veggies (careful, hot!!!) to a blender. Add about 1½ cups of the steam water (you can add more later if need be, depending how thick you like it). Then add in salt, ume plum vinegar, hemp seeds, coconut oil, and nutritional yeast, and blend on high till everything is fully incorporated and creamy smooth.
- Leave soup in the blender while you heat a frying pan with the olive oil over medium high heat. After about 30 seconds, flick a few drops of water in the pan to make sure it’s ready to fry—the water should sizzle. Drop in the sage leaves and fry for about 30 seconds, slightly shaking the pan to rotate. Remove from heat.
- Pour soup into bowls, top with crispy sage leaves, a drizzle of the sage olive oil from the pan, a sprinkle of hemp seeds, and a dash of cayenne pepper. Enjoy!
