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Ingredients
- 2½ cups (625 mL) low-sodium vegetable broth
- 1 tsp (5 mL) salt
- 2–4 fresh sage leaves
- 4 cups (1 L) sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
- ½ medium onion, peeled and cut into chunks
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
Directions
- Add all the ingredients, in the order listed, to the Deluxe Cooking Blender.
- Replace and lock the lid. Turn the wheel to select the SOUP setting; press the wheel to start.
Yield:
- 6 servings
Nutrients per serving:
Average U.S. nutrients per serving (1 cup/250 mL) of soup: Calories 65, Total Fat 1.5 g, Saturated Fat 0 g, Cholesterol 1 mg, Sodium 476 mg, Carbohydrate 6 g, Fiber 2 g, Sugars 4 g, Protein 2 g
Cook’s Tips:
Peel and cut your vegetables into chunks before you measure them.
Top Ingredient Benefits
- Sweet potatoes are a rich source of fibre as well as containing an array of vitamins and minerals including iron, calcium, selenium. They help in maintaining health gut.
- Vegetables are a rich source of B vitamin that helps your body make new red blood cells.
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Benefits of this Recipe
This recipe is made up of several ingredients but the main one is sweet potato. Sweet potatoes are rich in nutrients and by adding a few other ingredients, you can be sure to get an excellent dish. Let’s check the other ingredients used in making this sweet potato soup and the benefits linked to each component.
Low-sodium Vegetable Broth
Vegetables always take the bigger percentage when organizing a well-balanced diet plate. Vegetable broth is rich in minerals, phytochemicals, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatories. A combination of vegetables and herbs can help you stop many diseases.
Fresh Sage Leaves
Baby spinach contains magnesium and vitamin K which are essential in maintaining healthy bones and improving the immune system. Vitamin K usually hardens the bones and therefore you can escape an accident without having bone fractures.
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are sweet and the good thing is that they contain healthy sugar. Other nutrients present in sweet potatoes include fiber that helps in digestion and vitamins that maintain a healthy gut.
Garlic Cloves
Whenever there is a discussion on the best natural products to improve human health, you can be sure to have garlic in the basket. Garlic is rich in nutrients, and it has low amounts of calories. Garlic is known to fight common sickness, including Common Cold and blood pressure. The Active Compounds present in garlic products are in charge of lowering high blood pressure.
Medium Onion
Onions are a reliable source of vitamin K and they can only be equated to chards or green spinach. They also act as antioxidants and therefore they can help in fighting cancer cells in the body.
