Winter can be a tough time to keep up your vitamin intake but it’s essential to stave off sickness and any sort of infection that might come your way. One of the best ways to make sure you’re getting enough vitamins is through some good whole, natural foods. This recipe for a vitamin-rich soup is a great way to change your dinner routine, warm yourself up on a cold night and help your body and immune system by getting a nice dose of vitamins. It’s great made in the crock pot and can simmer all day if you like.
A rutabaga, packed with loads of nutrients.
This recipe includes rutabagas, a root that is usually clumped in with turnips. Rutabagas have a larger root than turnips and are a weedy relative of the cabbage. They’re popular in Canada, France, Russia, the British Isles and Scandinavia. In the U.S., rutabagas are grown even less often than its cousin the turnip, although they store better and have a sweeter, yellow flesh. Turnips are one of the first vegetables cultivated by man and were once as popular as potatoes are today. The vegetable has fallen out of favor with gardeners despite new, tasty varieties that mature quicker.
Rutabagas and turnips
While you can substitute turnips for the rutabagas, you’ll be losing out on some amazing nutritional benefits. They’re both moderately good sources of fiber, calcium and vitamins A and C. Rutabagas have almost twice the amount of nutrients than turnips do.
Ingredients:
1 cup dried beans (any variety will do)
1/3 cup dried peas
2 cups diced carrots
2 cups potatoes, peeled and diced
1 cup rutabaga, diced
1 medium-sized onion, chopped
2 tsp. dried summer savory
1/2 tsp. dried thyme
1/2 cup fresh or frozen parsley, chopped
2 cups cooked chicken (optional)
1 cup zuchinni or pumpkin, grated (optional)
Soak the dried beans and peas in water overnight or for 8 hours to soften them up. Fill your crock pot 1/3 full with water. Add carrots, rutabaga, potatoes, onion, beans and peas. If you decided to include the chicken or the squash add them as well. Let simmer for 3 hours or until the vegetables are almost tender. Add the summer savory, thyme and parsley. Let simmer for another 1 to 2 minutes or until vegetables are completely tender. Serve hot.
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