Tired? SUPER healthy RAW veg soup that tastes like 'normal' veg soup to give you more energy

When I am stressed and have a LOT on, eating raw vegtables can double my energy levels and allows my body and mind to cope with the flurry of activity. I get more done. I need less sleep. I call this 'exam food', as I used it when I was sleeping very little coming up to exams. Partly because I was a bit wired about the exams and partly because I was trying to revise as many hours as I could. I figured out a few raw food recipes, but i particularly liked this one.
Its just a variation of bog standard miso soup, but including a BIG serving of RAW broccoli (or some other green veg) to be eaten without you ever noticing ! you are eating raw food.

Just thought I would share that with you as I 'discovered' this last Easter when I REALLY needed all the physical and mental energy I could get my hands on!
Its a neat trick. Raw foods made a HUGE impact on my energy levels and I am not much good at eating tons of raw veg in their 'normal' state, (apart from carrot sticks which are EASY) so this soup was a way of sneaking MORE raw broccoli etc into my diet without me noticing. It seemed to work! I was sleeping for two to three hours and getting up and doing a full days revision. I would wake at 2am and start studying because I was wide awake. So yeah, it enables you to crank more hours out of the day. Oh and of course MASSES of cups of tea help to keep me awake as well!

Tastes like 'normal' vegetable soup to me. I would have NO idea it was all raw veg added to previously boiled water. Its a kind of comfort food. I think it tastes great. You may hate it and that's fine too! It sounds a bit bleh! But tastes like the 'proper' vegetable soups they serve in fancy restaurants in central London. If you like DECENT broccoli or veg soup, (as opposed to the glutinous artificial stuff you get in tins and packets), you will like this. Its tastes better than it sounds. Basically. Sounds a bit 'goody two shoes' (meaning a bit cr*p) but actually tastes really nice. Well I think so..

So in the time it takes to boil some ginger and garlic for five minutes and whizz some broccoli in the blender, your meal is ready!
I can have two HUGE bowls of this in one sitting as a meal. It really feeds the body without making you feel 'stuffed'.
The only fats are in the Udo oil blend, but they are essentail fats, so that is ok. But go easy on the oil. You don't need much.

This amount will serves one hungry person or two very restrained people. Makes 2 BIG bowls of very low calorie and extremely nutritious soup. Its an instant food in that you have to eat it as soon as you make it as it the vegetables will oxidize and become less raw if you leave it. Raw shredded vegetables generally are much better if you eat them straight away.

The cooking part
2 cloves of Garlic
Fresh Ginger
5-10 Almonds if you want protein
A mushroom or two if you want.

Put a pint and a half water in pot. Add Marigold Organic Swiss Vegetable Bouillon Low Salt Cubes (small amount) Bring to the boil.
While the waer is coming to the boil, pulverise ginger, garlic, almonds, mushrooms in magimix using big rotating blade. Put the 'mooshed' bits into the water.
Let it rapid boil for 5 minutes or so.
While its boiling, use a hand blender in the pan to whizz it up even more

Turn the heat off. Let the water calm down.
Add all the other ingredients and then use the hand blender in the pan to pulverize it all and mix it up
Serve immediately

The raw ingredients.
Raw vegetables. Can be:
Head of Broccoli
Pack of Sugar snap peas
Bag of Raw spinach leaves
A bag of Alfalfa Sprouts, or mixed sprouts

Ideally something GREEN. Not too starchy. I haven't tried Savoy cabbage, as I really like the broccoli version. All are 'mooshed' in the magimix and then added to the previously boiled water once the heat has been turned off.

The raw condiments
Organic Miso paste
Organic Sprouted Flax Powder
Marigold Engevita Nutritional Yeast Flakes
Udo's Choice Ultimate Oil Blend or another 3, 6 9 oil.
You can also add Bragg Liquid Amino Seasoning but its a bit salty so you probably wont need it.

No added salt or pepper
Miso and Bouillon add salt
Raw ginger acts as pepper

If you add bread to the soup, it will make you tired and reduce the energizing effects significantly. Bread just makes you TIRED. Oh well. Plus its addictive! ..For people like me anyway!

Another good healthy food is brown basamti rice with chick peas or some other kind of pulse. The Udo oil, yeast flakes, flax sprouts and amino seasoning added at the end make it even more nutritious.
I am not so good at this food because it is more starchy and I can eat rice like it Is going out of fashion. But yeah. This gives the body all it wants in terms of nutrients. Apparently. Rice and beans is a staple vegetarian meal.

Right I'm off. Have a great Tuesday!

Even the Dalai Lama eats meat sometimes

I've decided to eat meat. Just not a lot. Or as little as I can get away with for health reasons basically. So I've revised my position on meat. I was thinking of once a month or something. I forgot to take my multivitamins and am a little anemic. Doh! But I feel better now i've had some good quality protein. I'd much prefer to be able to go without meat altogether, but the body works the way the body works. Oh well. I would be alright with humanely reared and killed animals, or roadkill. I opted for mackerel as its wild as opposed to farmed. I only decided to change after I checked it out with some oool healthy people who told me that's what they do. So I figured, well if it's alright for them, well I'll opt for that as well.

Some Health Food ideas.. (unfinished)

Ingredients for DURING cooking
Marigold Swiss Vegetable Vegan Bouillon Powder
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Marigold Organic Swiss Vegetable Bouillon Low Salt Cubes
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To be added to food AFTER cooking
Marigold Liquid Aminos
Coming in a handy dropper bottle, this product is a yeast free, gluten free, nut free alternative to tamari and soya sauce. Brilliant for adding to stir-fries or giving that extra kick to any savoury dish. Listed on the label are 17 of the essential amino acids contained in the protein element of this product.  
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Udo's Choice Oil Blend™. (Store in the fridge.)
Udo's Choice Oil Blend is a carefully blended mix of the finest Omega 3, 6 and 9 varieties of Essential Fatty Acid sources.
This premium-quality product has a pleasant light nutty flavor and is easily mixed with health shakes, protein drinks, or, added as a topping to salads and vegetables!
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Marigold Engevita Nutritional Yeast Flakes
Engevita yeast is one of the richest natural sources of the B group of vitamins. It is also rich in protein, amino acids, enzymes, minerals and trace elements. Engevita is a purely natural food, specifically produced for human consumption and is a primary grown strain of Saccharomyces Cerevasiae.
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Granny Ann Cooked Soya Bran
Because soya bran contains nearly one and a half times the dietary fibre of wheat bran, one tablespoon a day mixed with your food will supply two thirds of your daily requirements, Once the system is functioning correctly, this may be reduced to suit individual needs.
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Granovita Sprouted Flax Powder
Linusprout sprouted flax powder is a rich source of essential fatty acids, active enzymes and fibre.
Linusprout sprouted flax powder is unlike any flax product available. Using a unique patented process the flax is grown just long enough to release the natural nutritional components that lie dormant in the seed, it is then dried and powdered using an exclusive system. The health benefits of the product are not only preserved, but they are actually increased!
- Contains no additives or preservatives
- Is gluten, lactose and cholesterol free
- Suitable for vegetarian and vegans
- Contains a high content of Omega-3 essential fatty acids
- Contains active enzymes for better digestion and nutrient absorption
- High in lignans, vitamins and minerals
- Contains the 8 essential amino acids
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Seeds
Linseeds
Linseed supplies valuable essential fatty acids, protein and dietary fibre. Biona Organic Linseed Gold is carefully cracked to aid absorption and release the soothing mucins. Unsaturated fatty acids are unstable when exposed to oxygen and light. For this reason, these seeds are packed in a protective atmosphere in a foil bag.
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Poppy seeds
Sesame seeds
Sunflower seeds
Pumpkin seeds

Lentils
Red lentils
Puy lentils
Continental lentils

Other dried foods
Yellow peas
Green Peas

Barley

Dried beans
Aduki
Mung

Tins of kidney beans. (Buy sainsburys value ones for 17p)

Nuts
Almonds
almonds either roasted, raw, or in a butter form reduced LDL cholesterol in men and women with high cholesterol blood levels.  Dr. Spiller also reported that there was an increase in the HDL (high density lipoprotein) level in the group

Pecans
Broken cashews
Pine nuts

Sweeteners
Organic Californian raisins
Organic Desiccated coconut
Hippo Apple and pear baby food

Spices
Cinnamon powder. Add to porridge or cottage cheese with honey
Whole Nutmegs. Grate over pasta dishes. Goes with Carrot soup too.
Black pepper and pepper grinder
Lo Salt

Spreads
Peanut butter with no added sugar
Marmite
Sugar free Jam. No added sugar. Store in fridge

Condiments
Soy sauce
Cider vinegar. For adding to shredded carrots.

Hot sauces
Peri peri sauce. Hot
Hot chilli sauce. No added sugar
Tabasco

Carbs
Organic long grain rice
Whole meal organic Pasta. (Penne)
Organic Coarse Grain Oatmeal

Mixed dried goods
Holland and Barrett
Salad sprinkle
Soup mix. Add to veg to make soup.

Fructose. Fruit sugar.

Nuts and seeds from Covent Garden Tesco

...if you happen to be passing.

In my opinion they are of better quality and cheaper than both holland and barret and health food shops.

Also they have an EXCELLENT seed mix which can be eaten on its own. Its got lots of essential oils in.
The Tesco in covent garden has by far the biggest seed and nut range I have seen in the other west end tescos.
And nuts can be really quite expensive under normal circumstances, so its worth getting ones that are very fresh and crunchy.
The poorer quality ones can be soft, old or have moth type things in them if they are stored incorrectly. Holland and Barrett tend to be ok, but I think the tesco ones are cheaper and crunchier.

And last time I was in there, there was loads of really ok punnets of nectarines and plums reduced to 50p each. Which i don't EVER see at my local (kak) tesco.

Avoid eating meat as much as you can

Apart from the fact that it can still be putrefying in your colon 20 years later, its bad karma. The food industry is positively evil in many ways, but is at its worst in the way it treats animals.

Roadkill is alright though. If you like that kind of thing! No ethical dilemma there!

But take cod liver oil for joint protection.
Dairy is ok. But stick to low fat and organic if possible.

Buy mixed nuts and seeds. Not the more-ish ones like cashews or pistachios.
Almonds are very good.
Put mixed nuts and seeds into smoothies.
The ones coated in 'yoghurt' are full of sugar and are very addictive.

Cottage cheese and parmesan is ok.
Watch out for high fat cheese. Use it sparingly if possible.

Eat GOOD oils
Almonds
Raw Avocados
Omega 3 6 9 oil from health food shops
Linseeds
Flax Seeds