Watercress Soup

Watercress Soup:

(recipe found on livestrong.com)

1 small onion, finely chopped

2 ½ pints of light, low sodium chicken stock or water 2 small potatoes, diced
3 large bunches of watercress, stems removed

fine sea salt

pepper

Sweat the onion in two or three tablespoons of chicken stock or water. Add the potatoes together with the seasoning and the crock. Bring to the boil and simmer until the potatoes are soft. Add the watercress, and stir for three minutes. Remove from the heat and blend in a liquidiser.

At this point, put the soup in a metal bowl and place it in a sink full of ice-cold water. This will keep the lovely green colour of the soup and make it even more appetising. The soup is delicious drink cold, but you can also heat it up if you wish to have it nice and hot.

Watercress is a nutritious, leafy green vegetable that resembles parsley. Consuming watercress will provide you with vitamins A, B1, B6, C, E and K. Watercress is also a good source of calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, zinc, manganese and fiber. In terms of weight loss, watercress is very low in calories with zero fat.