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Simple Detox Vegetable Soup

The most important part of a successful detox is to replace inflammatory and hard to digest foods with nourishing an easy to digest foods. When the digestive system is not bogged down by grains, meats, oxidized oils, or refined sugars, it can focus more energy on healing and detoxifying.

This super simple and delightfully delicious vegetable soup will give you all the benefits of detox without sacrificing flavor or satiety!

Yields 3-4 servings

Detox Recipe

Simple Detox Vegetable Soup

Cook Time1 min–20 min
Servings3-4

Ingredients

  • 2 tsp organic coconut oil or olive oil
  • 1 organic onion, diced
  • 3 organic cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 cup chopped organic carrots
  • 2 cups chopped organic broccoli florets
  • 5 cups organic vegetable broth
  • 3 tsp grated peeled fresh ginger
  • 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
  • Sea salt and black pepper to taste
  • Fresh lemon juice

Instructions

  1. Heat the oil over medium heat in a large saucepan.  Add the onion and garlic and saute for about 5 minutes, until the onion is soft and translucent.
  2. Add the carrots and broccoli. Stir to combine.  Season generously with salt and pepper and saute for 5 minutes more.
  3. Stir in the ginger, turmeric, cumin, and cinnamon, and saute for 1 to 2 minutes, until fragrant.
  4. Add the broth and stir to combine.  Bring the mixture to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the vegetables are tender, 10-20 minutes.
  5. Season with salt, pepper, and lemon juice to taste.
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Don Colbert, MD, has been board-certified in family practice and in anti-aging and integrative medicine for more than 25 years. He is the medical director of the Divine Health Wellness Center, where he has treated more than 50,000 patients, and a New York Times bestselling author of books including The Seven Pillars of Health, What Would Jesus Eat?, Deadly Emotions and Keto Zone Diet, with more than ten million books sold. He hosts Dr. Colbert's Broadcast with his wife Mary and son Kyle, where faith meets functional medicine. He and Mary live in Orlando, Florida and Dallas, Texas.