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These ‘raw’ soups are incredibly healthy and easy to make since no cooking is required – all you need besides your ingredients is a blender. Because the ingredients aren’t heated beyond 47 degrees Celsius, essential vitamins, minerals and enzymes are retained. By adding warm water to the ingredients and warming your bowls before serving, you can still enjoy a ‘raw’ meal that is warm. Below are some vegetarian recipes using a colourful array of ingredients, including seaweed for a miso soup.

Raw miso soup

Slice one turnip into thin spirals or grate the turnip into a bowl, sprinkle some salt over it and allow it to rest. Finely slice one spring onion and finely chop half an onion. Slice two strips of kombu seaweed and tear up one sheet of nori seaweed.

Blend together one litre of warm water, one tablespoon of olive oil, a quarter of a teaspoon of salt and two tablespoons of miso. Place five strips of dulse leaf into the blender then add the remainder of the prepared ingredients. Blend briefly, just enough to mix the ingredients together, then serve in heated bowls.

Raw green soup

Blend the following ingredients together until the mixture is smooth: half a litre of warm water, two cups of chopped broccoli, four medium leek stalks, half an avocado pear, a quarter of a cup of olive oil, one teaspoon of salt and a quarter of a cup of pine nuts and a quarter of a cup of cashew nuts.

Add a quarter of a cup of sesame seeds and blend for a short period so that the sesame seeds are mixed in.

Raw orange soup

To make this ‘orange soup’, blend together the following ingredients: one cup of freshly squeezed orange juice, one and a half cups of carrot juice, half a cup of warm water, one skinned and chopped up mango, two tablespoons of coconut cream and cayenne pepper and salt to taste. Serve in warm bowls or alternatively, use cold water instead of hot water when blending ‑ and serve the soup cold.

Raw nutty mushroom soup

Blend together one litre of warm water, two tablespoons of miso, a cup of mixed wild mushrooms, one teaspoon of shitake mushrooms, a quarter of an onion, one tablespoon of olive oil, half a teaspoon of salt, two tablespoons of pine nuts and a quarter of a cup of macadamia nuts. Then add one spring onion that has been thinly sliced and a quarter of a cup of chopped parsley and stir well.

Serve with chopped up parsley, nuts or mushrooms.

Raw red soup

Blend together six tomatoes, two red peppers, a quarter of a red onion, a quarter of a cup of cashew nuts, a quarter of a cup of freshly picked basil leaves, two tablespoons of olive oil, some cayenne pepper and salt to taste.

For an extra zip, rub a garlic clove around the inside of your heated bowls before dishing up.

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