Lettuce and sweet potato soup

It has been a long time since salt has been allowed in my diet and so I was gearing up for the inevitable soup tasting and last step herb adjustment. But it didn't come! This soup was wonderful just as it was. Creamy and sweet, it was hard to believe that this soup is dairy free. I knew purple sweet potatoes were one of my very favourite foods but this soup has cemented them as one of the best ingredients out there. 

LETTUCE & SWEET POTATO SOUP

1/2 C quinoa

2 Tbsp coconut oil (cold pressed & unrefined)

1/2 tsp ground coriander

1 medium white onion, peeled and roughly chopped

1 large clove garlic, peeled and finely chopped

Large purple sweet potato

4 C water

4 C well packed shredded iceberg lettuce leaves (or other tolerated lettuce)

1. Rinse quinoa well. Drain

2. Heat large soup pot on medium and add drained quinoa. Toast, stirring, for around 5 minutes or until slightly browned and aromatic. Tip quinoa into a bowl and set aside

3. Heat oil in the soup pot on medium-high

4. Add ground coriander, onion and garlic. Stir through and cook for a few minutes

5. Meanwhile, peel sweet potato, cut into 1/2 inch slices, then dice. Add to pot and stir through. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until potato has some good colour

6. Tip in toasted quinoa and stir through

7. Add water, put the lid on and cook for 15 minutes

8. Add lettuce and cook for a few minutes or until quinoa is cooked (it should look like the letter C)

9. Blend in batches, leaving a portion of the soup chunky if you like 

Enjoy ❤️

Ingredient information (based on advice by SIGHI)

- Garlic is rated 1 

- All other ingredients are rated 0

0 - Well tolerated, no symptoms expected at usual intake 

1 - Minor symptoms, occasional consumption of small quantities is often tolerated 

2 - Incompatible, significant symptoms at usual intake 

3 - Very poorly tolerated, severe symptoms

Hot tips!

🔥 I was lucky enough to source my lettuce straight from our aquaponics set up. I am conscious that it is stronger tasting than store bought iceberg so if you tolerate a stronger tasting lettuce I would use that instead.  

🔥 When you wash the lettuce, if you don't have a salad spinner, wrap the lettuce in a clean tea towel/dish towel/drying up cloth and hang on to all of the ends and sides. Go outside and swing it backwards and forwards and watch the stream of excess water fly out!