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Banana Soup

Monday Nov 19, 2007

This soup is a great base for any fruit soup. Bananas are easy to mix with any seasonal fruit such as pears, persimmons or apples. Kids also enjoy the taste of banana soup especially if you mix in their favorite fruit.

Ingredients:
• 2 bananas
• 2 mangoes
• ¼ cup pecan nuts
• ¼ cup raisins

Machine set up:
• First place the Living Juicer Mincing Strainer into the drum and onto the screw. Attach the drum cap onto the end of the drum by turning it counter clockwise until you feel it sits firmly. Then screw the Mincing Nozzle onto the drum cap turning it counter clockwise onto notch 2.
• Place a big bowl under the machines Pulp Discharge Outlet in order to catch the paste.
• Always be sure to start the machine before you enter anything into the Guide and keep the machine running until finished.

Preparation instructions:
• let the bananas and the mangoes run through the guide
• catch them in a bowl and  give it a good twirl with the eggbeater
• then put the nuts and raisins on top of the soup
• ready

Preparation time: 8 min
Yields: 2 bowls

Preparation hints:
To crush up the pecan nuts let them run through the guide once before you do anything else.  The bananas and the mangoes are both very soft fruits and you don’t have to chop them up in order to put them into the guide. Just squash the whole fruit in or the big chunks: very quick, very easy!


Ginger Soup

Monday Nov 19, 2007

This is something for folks who like the idea of an exotic seduction. In my experience raw food eaters jump straight into this soup, but for beginners it is hard to imagine the taste. I can reassure you that this is only a matter of trying the wonderful taste and you will be convinced.  We are all humans with similar nutritional needs and instincts.

Ingredients:
• ½ celery stalk
• slice of ginger
• 6 apples
• ½ cup cashew nuts

Machine set up:
• First place the Living Juicer Mincing Strainer into the drum and onto the screw. Attach the drum cap onto the end of the drum by turning it counter clockwise until you feel it sits firmly. Then screw the Mincing Nozzle onto the drum cap turning it counter clockwise onto notch 2.
• Place a big bowl under the machines Pulp Discharge Outlet in order to catch the paste.
• Always be sure to start the machine before you enter anything into the Guide and keep the machine running until finished.

Preparation instructions:
• first use the juicing strainer to juice the ginger with the celery
• then exchange the strainers and use the mining strainer to mash your sliced apples
• crush the cashews in a towel by kneading them with your hands
• then stir the soup together adding all ingredients

Preparation time: 10 min
Yields: 2 serves

Preparation hints:
Some people like a bit of white pepper in this dish.


New Zealand’s Kiwi Soup

Monday Nov 19, 2007

Kiwis, pears, custard apples and bananas are great for soups as well as all stone fruits. They add the creamy taste just by themselves and with such a high content of natural sugars and carbohydrates they make one feel happy and satisfied.

Ingredients:
• 8 kiwis
• 2 persimmons
• juice of ½ small lemon
• some muscatels
• 1 tbsp maple syrup

Machine set up:
• First place the Living Juicer Mincing Strainer into the drum and onto the screw. Attach the drum cap onto the end of the drum by turning it counter clockwise until you feel it sits firmly. Then screw the Mincing Nozzle onto the drum cap turning it counter clockwise onto notch 1.
• Place a big bowl under the machines Pulp Discharge Outlet in order to catch the soup.
• Always be sure to start the machine before you enter anything into the Guide and keep the machine running until finished.

Preparation instructions:
• alternate putting the kiwis, persimmons and the lemon juice through the machine
• add the maple syrup to the soup
• decorate with muscatels and serve chilled

Preparation time: 8 min
Yields: 2 serves

Preparation hints:
For special occasions decorate the soup with a kiwi slice and position the muscatels around it to make it look like a flower.


Custard Soup

Monday Nov 19, 2007

This is a rich and creamy soup that you can serve as a full meal.

Ingredients:
• 2 custard apples
• 2 cups black cherries
• 1 pear
• pinch of  vanilla, ¼ pod

Machine set up:
• First place the Living Juicer Mincing Strainer into the drum and onto the screw. Attach the drum cap onto the end of the drum by turning it counter clockwise until you feel it sits firmly. Then screw the Mincing Nozzle onto the drum cap turning it counter clockwise onto notch 1.
• Place a big bowl under the machines Pulp Discharge Outlet in order to catch the soup.
• Always be sure to start the machine before you enter anything into the Guide and keep the machine running until finished.

Preparation instructions:
• cut the custard apples in half
• scoop out the middle and remove the pips
• wash the cherries and remove the stones
• clean the pear and cut it into slices
• now mix the custard apple, the vanilla and the pear together and let them run through the guide
• serve into 2 soup plates
• now let the cherries run through the guide twice and catch them separately
• pour the cherry soup on top of the custard apple soup in order to create a colorful top layer

Preparation time: 10 min
Yields: 2 serves

Preparation hints:
Decorate this soup with cherry leaves. Pour the cherry soup on top and use a small utensil to create a swirl. .


Fruity Lychee Soup

Monday Nov 19, 2007

Lychees have the most exotic taste that reminds me the perfumes of beautiful flowers. If you can’t find fresh lychees use rambutans instead.

Ingredients:
• 1 small honeydew melon
• 12 lychees
• 1 peach
• 1 kiwi
• 1 small slice ginger

Machine set up:
• First place the Living Juicer Mincing Strainer into the drum and onto the screw. Attach the drum cap onto the end of the drum by turning it counter clockwise until you feel it sits firmly. Then screw the Mincing Nozzle onto the drum cap turning it counter clockwise onto notch 2.
• Place a big bowl under the machines Pulp Discharge Outlet in order to catch the produce.
• Always be sure to start the machine before you enter anything into the Guide and keep the machine running until finished.

Preparation instructions:
• peal the lychees, the melon and the kiwis and remove the stones of the peaches
• slice the melon into lengthwise and let all the fruit and ginger run through the guide

Preparation time: 8 min
Yields: 2 serves

Preparation hints:
If the ginger is too strong for you, leave it out and replace it with a squeeze of lemon juice.


Nutcracker Soup

Monday Nov 19, 2007

This soup is great to slurp all day long when you have a craving for nuts. Feel free to combine nuts according to your favorites of the moment.

Ingredients:
• 2 cups nut mix consisting of almonds, macadamia nuts, brazil nuts, hazelnuts and pine nuts
• 2 pink grapefruits
• 5-6 tamarillos

Machine set up:
• First place the Living Juicer Mincing Strainer into the drum and onto the screw. Attach the drum cap onto the end of the drum by turning it counter clockwise until you feel it sits firmly. Then screw the Mincing Nozzle onto the drum cap turning it counter clockwise onto notch 2.
• Place a big bowl under the machines Pulp Discharge Outlet in order to catch the produce.
• Always be sure to start the machine before you enter anything into the Guide and keep the machine running until finished.

Preparation instructions:
• first juice the grapefruits with the juicing strainer
• then insert the Living Juicer Mincing Strainer
• let the pealed tamarillos run through the guide first
• now let half of the nut mixture run through the guide
• mix everything together into a nutty soup and slurp away

Preparation time: 8 min
Yields: 2 serves

Preparation hints:
You can soak the nuts before hand to get a fresher taste.  If possible, buy nuts which haven’t been heat-treated so you have a truly raw nut soup.