SWEET POTATO AND TURNIP GREENS SOUP

Hi everyone! Today´s recipe is SWEET POTATO AND TURNIP GREENS SOUP.

Sweet Potato is very healthy and a great option to reduce the amount of potatoes in soup besides giving a new and tasty flavour to them.

The are many benefits we can achieve from Sweet Potatoes: anti inflammatory, source of beta-carotene, protection of the stomach and anti-aging, energetic, increase of the immune system, detoxifying the body, regulator of blood glucose and blood pressure and relaxing.


RECIPE:

Ingredients:

• 1 onion
• 5 potatoes
• 2 sweet potatoes
• 1 turnip
• 4 cloves garlic
• 3 carrots
• 400g turnip greens
• 6 slices chourizo ( If you´re vegan just discard this ingredient)
• 1/2 leek, 
• 2 to 3 litres water, 
• salt and pepper to taste 
• 2 tablespoons olive oil.

Method:

Put the water in a large saucepan and turn the stove on high heat. 

Wash, peel and cut the vegetables. 
Put them in the water (only half the turnip greens) and season. Let them boil for 15 min. 

Mince the vegetables and add the remaining turnip greens, diced chourizo and verify the seasoning. 
Boil another 5/10 min. 

Pour the olive oil and it's ready! 


Enjoy your soup!