How to Cook Soup, Vegetarian Style

Go to www.caryellis.com now for free recipes and free ebook on healthy lifestyle. Hi, Cary Ellis here, author of "Super Immunity Secrets." Many people wonder how to cook healthy soup. It's such a simple food when you think about it. Soup, historically, has been one of the key foods that nourished people, because the only cooking option they had was to put a pot over a fire. They would add a little bit of what they had available to eat, let it simmer together, and it would make a healthy nutritious broth that could actually feed many mouths. Hot soup is a really wonderful food for winter. Start out with a pot of water. You can sauté onions and garlic first in a little bit of olive oil, or just put them directly into the pot of water. Then add 1-3 teaspoons of favorite herbs (essential). Add a half cup of your favorite grain, such as barley, quinoa, rice or amaranth. Depending on the grain, it may take a half an hour up to a couple of hours to cook the soup. During the last 30-60 minutes of cooking chop any vegetables; add to the broth. Remember grain is going to swell by three or four times, so start with a small amount of grain; half to three-quarters cup is about right for a big pot of soup. Let the grain cook for whatever time is needed a half an hour for quinoa, about an hour for brown rice, and up to a couple of hours for barley. Each one is going to be a little bit different. Amaranth takes about an hour to cook and it's a very tiny grain which is a really nice ...