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minty pea soup
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Minty Pea Soup

Ingredients

  • 1 Tbsp Avocado Oil
  • 1 Medium Onion chopped
  • 1 Celery stalks chopped
  • 2 Cloves Garlic crushed
  • 5 Cups Small sweet fresh or frozen peas
  • 4 Cups Vegetable broth
  • 1 Cup Fresh mint leaves
  • 1/2 Cup Raw Cashews soaked overnight and rinsed
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • 1 Tbsp Chives finely chopped (optional)

Instructions

  • Heat oil in saucepan, add onion and celery and saute over medium heat for 10 minutes. 
  • Add garlic until fragrant (careful not to burn), add frozen peas and stir.  Set aside half a cup of stock, add the rest to the saucepan and bring to a slow boil for 5 minutes until peas are tender. Remove from heat, let it cool (ideally) and then add mint leaves. 
  • Meanwhile, place cashews and half cup of reserved stock into blender and blend into a course mixture.  Then add soup mixture and blend until creamy. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  • Garnish with chives.  Enjoy!
  • NOTES:
    If you forget to soak your cashews overnight, put them in boiling water for a half hour prior to using them in the recipe and drain.
    If you want texture in your soup, set aside 1 cup of peas and add them in once the soup is pureed.
    Caution: If you puree hot soup in a blender, BE CAREFUL not to burn yourself.  Cover the small opening with a tea towel to allow steam to escape through the top.
    If you don’t have a high-power blender like a Vitamix, you can add all the ingredients to the saucepan and puree with an immersion blender.