Cream Of Asparagus Soup With Thyme & Mushrooms |
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How to Make Cream of Asparagus Soup with Thyme & MushroomsSERVINGS: 4 PREP TIME: 25 MINUTES COOK TIME: 20 MINUTES
INGREDIENTS
| 1 c | |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 2 tsp | |
| 2 c | |
| 1 clove | |
| 1/2 c | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
Sautee asparagus, garlic and finely chopped onions in one tbsp of butter until browned. Remove and set aside. Meanwhile, thinly slice mushrooms. Spread them apart in the pan and brown in the remaining tbsp of butter. Mushrooms have a high water content. They will steam instead of brown if too close together in the pan.
Blend asapargus with blanched almonds in 1c water, salt, pepper, and thyme. Continue adding water whenever consistency becomes too thick for blending. A thicker consistency helps the almonds grind more smoothly without chunks.
Pour into pot. Add water to desired consistency and simmer for twenty minutes. Serve.
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CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
Mushrooms are tamasic and asparagus will effect the odor of the urine. Black pepper helps make the almonds more digestible. WHAT IS CREAM OF ASPARAGUS SOUP WITH THYME & MUSHROOMS?Pureed with almonds, cream of asparagus soup is rich, creamy, and dreamy for the coming colder months.
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, Aromatic AROMATIC
Herbs or spices with volatile essential oils that present strong aromas. Aromatic oils shock, refresh and numb tissue, with the end result of relaxing, opening and clearing stagnant fluids in tissues.
SEE ALL 'AROMATIC' FOODS / HERBS , Bland BLAND
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Nerve Relaxant Grounding NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING
Encourages feelings of stability and heaviness. Makes you feel settled, mentally relaxed. Mildly sedates the nervous system to ease stress. Can bring a spacey or anxious person back to earth. Reduces agitation, irritation, stress and racing thoughts.
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Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.
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Herbs that promote urine formation, thereby flushing the kidneys and urinary tract while eliminating any excess water retention. As diuretics reduce water retention, they are often used to reduce blood pressure.
SEE ALL 'DIURETIC' FOODS / HERBS , Muscle Tonic MUSCLE-TONIC
Herbs that strengthen and tone muscle tissue. Helpful for people recovering from long term illness and debility, or after a sprain.
SEE ALL 'MUSCLE-TONIC' FOODS / HERBS Constituents: Fats, Tannins, Melatonin, Protein, , Phytates PHYTATES
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I love the presentation and gunas ideas but to postpartum mothers I suggest several changes....lighter on the almonds for the liver and digestion, we can thicken to creaminess still with some oat flour. substituting sattvic vegetables for the mushrooms, how about some opo squash (dudhi), carrot or okra? Hing and or fresh ginger instead of onion supports needed sattva, ghee for the butter protects agni - know we can use it with Ayurvedic integrity for the postpartum psycho-physiology.
- Ysha Oakes, Albuquerque, NM , 06-15-10 ( Reply) Easy to make and so yummy!
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