Spinach Soup

I love greens in any forms and in any meal. However, S is little fussy about it. He keeps telling me that I cook hospital food. To make sure that he eats spinach I had to google recipes. I didn't want to make the usual indian curries from it and that is how I stumbled upon a recipe from a website called allrecipes. This is one of the yummiest soups and it is healthy. 

Ingredients - 

1 1/2 cups water

1 bundle of fresh spinach (washed and chopped)

1 tablespoon butter

3 cups milk

1/4 cup heavy whipping cream (optional)

1/8 cup minced onion

salt and pepper to taste 

2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)

1 clove minced garlic

1/4 cup chopped and boiled carrot (optional)

Directions - 

1. In a saucepan, combine water and spinach. Bring to a boil, and cook till spinach is tender. 

2. Melt butter in another sauce pan over medium heat. Stir in onion and garlic and cook till translucent. Gradually whisk in milk and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Add carrots and let it cook for few minutes till it all blends. 

3. Stir in spinach to the mixture. Once everything is cooked and blended well, pour mixture in a blender and blend if you have any chunks of veggies. heat it a little add cream and serve hot with croutons. 

Tips:

If you want soup thicker, you could stir in some all purpose flour in melted butter and then add other ingredients. I skipped all purpose flour and heavy whipping cream to make it healthier. 

You could also use chicken bouillon if you wish to. You can add this step 1 with water and spinach. 

You can try to make soup with other veggies of your choice e.g., mushroom, broccoli, asparagus, etc.