Living Green Expo and spinach thyme soup

After completing my volunteer shift at the Living Green Expo on Sunday, I browsed the many vendor booths set up in the Minnesota State Fairgrounds Grandstand Building. I was delighted to run across the Manitoba Harvest Hemp Seed Oil Company because I had been in my local food co-op on Saturday asking for hemp seed oil for a new raw food recipe I wanted to try and they didn't have any. I purchased two bottles from the company reps. I will ask my co-op if they can carry this brand for when I run out, but it can also be ordered directly from the company. (See link in recipe.) The Spinach Thyme Soup recipe, for which I needed the hemp seed oil, is from "Kristens Raw". I tried the soup recipe and it is very tasty and is, most importantly, extremely nutritious because of the ingredients and because it is uncooked.

  

Spinach Thyme Soup

Yield 3-4 servings

3 cups spinach, packed

1 cup water

3/4 cup fresh orange juice

1 zucchini, chopped (3/4-1 cup)

1/3-1/2 cup Manitoba Harvest hemp oil*

1 clove garlic

1 1/2 tablespoons Garlic Red Pepper Miso**

1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

1-2 teaspoons raw agave nectar

1 tablespoon dried basil

1 1/2 teaspoons dried thyme

1 teaspoon onion powder

dash cayenne pepper

dash Himalayan crystal salt

pinch nutmeg

Blend everything together until creamy. For extra pizazz, serve this delicious soup garnished with sprouts.

 

*For more info about Manitoba Harvest, visit here.

**Source: SouthRiverMiso.com.