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Vegetable Soup with Watercress

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Vegetable Soup with Watercress

Vegetable soup with watercress - Green, green, green, is all my soup!

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Health Score:
97 / 100
Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
45 min.
Preparation
Calories:
184
calories
Calories

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Nutritional values

Watercress is bursting with vitamins, iron and calcium; the mustard oils it contains provide the spicy taste, stimulate the metabolism and have an antibiotic effect.

If you can't get watercress, you can replace it with regular garden cress.

1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
Calorie184 cal.(9 %)
Protein9 g(9 %)
Fat3 g(3 %)
Carbohydrates29 g(19 %)
Sugar added0 g(0 %)
Roughage6.5 g(22 %)
Vitamin A0.3 mg(38 %)
Vitamin D0 μg(0 %)
Vitamin E1.4 mg(12 %)
Vitamin K84.5 μg(141 %)
Vitamin B₁0.4 mg(40 %)
Vitamin B₂0.2 mg(18 %)
Niacin4.8 mg(40 %)
Vitamin B₆0.6 mg(43 %)
Folate147 μg(49 %)
Pantothenic acid1.1 mg(18 %)
Biotin7.9 μg(18 %)
Vitamin B₁₂0 μg(0 %)
Vitamin C63 mg(66 %)
Potassium975 mg(24 %)
Calcium140 mg(14 %)
Magnesium70 mg(23 %)
Iron3.1 mg(21 %)
Iodine14 μg(7 %)
Zinc1.2 mg(15 %)
Saturated fatty acids0.5 g
Uric acid144 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Complete sugar9 g

Ingredients

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4
Ingredients
14 ozs potatoes (4 floury potatoes)
1 stalk Leeks
2 stalks Celery
1 Zucchini
5 ozs green Beans
3 ozs onions
1 garlic clove
1 Tbsp Canola oil
3 ozs Apple juice
salt
peppers
26 ozs Vegetable broth
4 ozs Peas
10 ozs Watercress
How healthy are the main ingredients?
potatoLeekCeleryonionApple juiceWatercress

Preparation steps

1.

Peel the potatoes, wash and cut into 1/2-inch cubes. Clean the leeks, wash, halve lengthwise, and cut into slices. Clean the celery, remove the leaves if necessary, and cut into slices.

2.

Zucchini clean, wash and cut into small cubes. Clean, wash and cut beans crosswise into strips. Peel and chop onion and garlic.

3.

Heat oil in a saucepan. Sauté onion and garlic in it over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Add celery and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Deglaze with apple juice and broth. Add potato cubes and simmer soup over medium heat for 10 minutes.

4.

Add beans and leeks and simmer soup for another 10 minutes.

5.

Add peas and zucchini cubes and cook for about 5 more minutes.

6.

Meanwhile, clean watercress, wash and shake dry. Season soup with salt and pepper, divide into bowls or deep plates and serve sprinkled with watercress.

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