Spinach, Quinoa, Vegetable Soup (vita Mix)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 -4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 -2 raw carrot, cut into chunks
• 1 cup celery rib, cut into chunks
• 10 ounces fresh spinach leaves or 10 ounces frozen spinach, thawed
• 1 cup quinoa, cooked in 2 cups of water until water absorbed (approx 10-15 minutes)
• 6 cups chicken stock or 6 cups vegetable stock
• 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 dash salt & pepper (optional)

Recipe

• 1 briefly steam fresh spinach approx 5 min, until wilted & tender. cook quinoa in seperate saucepan until liquid absorbed, approx 10-15 minute saute garlic and onion in small pan with butter or olive oil until onion is clear & tender.
• 2 in vita mix or blender, puree carrots & celery. add tender onion & garlic and spinach. puree all together. add cooked quinoa and process on high until quinoa is liquified. may need to use a small amount of the chicken stock in vita mix or blender.
• 3 in large soup pot combine remaining chicken stock and spinach, vegetable & onion puree, and quinoa puree. heat until warm.
• 4 (if needed, return portions of the spinach, vegetable, quinoa and chicken stock to vita mix to puree further. fill vita mix container or blender container only 1/2 full at a time--be sure lid is on tightly so hot soup does not splash out at you! process on high until soup is frothy and creamy.).