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Winter Squash Soup

1 acorn Squash or butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and chopped
1/2 cup almond butter
1 tablespoon Curry Powder, or  curry powder of your choice
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
4 cups water
1/2 inch fresh gingerroot
1/2 teaspoon Celtic salt

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend thoroughly.

Excerpted from Rawsome! Maximizing Health, Energy, and Culinary Delight With the Raw Foods Diet, Brigitte Mars

Winter Squash is a member of the Gourd Family. Winter squashes are warm, alkaline, and sweet. They are nourishing to deficiency, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, energy and immune tonics. Squashes clear toxins from the body, nourish the stomach and spleen. Their high antioxidant content helps prevent bladder, lung, skin, and stomach cancers, stroke and heart disease. They have been used to improve vision, reduce cataracts, treat bladder infections, lower cholesterol, improve dry skin, and promote weight gain. Winter squashes are high in beta-carotene, vitamin C, folic acid, magnesium, potassium, sodium, carbohydrates, and fiber. Read More

Summer Italian Soup

Raw Summer Italian Soup
1 avocado (add more for extra creaminess)
4 tomatoes, skinned
A generous bunch of basil
1/4 of a cup of cold pressed oil (olive, hemp or blend)

All you have to do is put the avocado (peeled and stoned), skinned tomato, basil and oil into a blender and whizz until smooth. For extra smoothness you can put through a sieve (removes the tomato pips). I also like to have a drizzle of oil on the top and also to rip a few extra basil leaves on top (because I love basil!).

Serve either chilled, or slightly warmed.

This is another great quick, easy and tasty soup to eat when either cleansing or maintaining an alkaline diet. It is a lot lighter than some of the other alkaline raw soups, so it is more  spring/summer.

Cucumber & Mint Raw Soup
2 cucumbers
2 celery sticks (optional)
1 ripe avocado
Handful of mint leaves
1 garlic clove or ½ a shallot
Squeeze of lemon juice
Chopped fresh parsley

Blend all ingredients and place in the fridge to chill.
Serve when chilled and garnish with the chopped parsley.
from: Natural Health & Alkalize Diet

Cold Asparagus Soup

3 cups sliced carrots or,1/2 cup fresh carrot juice
2 cups sliced asparagus
1/4 cup raw tahini
3 garlic cloves
1/2 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
Bragg Liquid Aminos, kelp powder, or dulse granules
1/4 cup coarsely chopped chives

Combine the carrots, asparagus, tahini, garlic, and ginger in a blender or food processor, and process until smooth. Season with Bragg Liquid Amino to taste. Chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Garnish with the chives just before serving.

Special recipe from the Hippocrates kitchen from Brian Clement's new book, Life Force: Superior Health and Longevity.