Borsch Soup + Going Raw DVD

December 3, 2008

Borsch soup is one of the most popular vegetable based soups originating from Eastern Europe. This healthy soup is traditionally made with beetroots as the main ingredient.

I love beets and have made different variations of this soup, from a quick and simple version, to a more complex soup with lots of complimentary ingredients.

This soup showcases a gorgeous hue ranging from pretty pink to a deep vibrant reddish-purple, colors only beetroot can offer, no matter what other ingredients are tossed into the mix.

This particular borsch recipe is from the recipe collection in the DVD Going Raw. It is a deliciously healthy and simple recipe, and a wonderful way to enjoy raw beets.

Tip – for those of you who don’t own a high-speed blender, grate the beets using a food processor with the grating disc attachment, or use a box grater. This way the beet pieces are small enough for a standard blender to liquefy with ease, and it helps create less stress on the machine.

Borsch Soup

Basil and sun-dried tomatoes add delicious flavor to this already delicious soup. If these ingredients for garnish aren’t available, try using other herbs like cilantro, as suggested, dill or thyme.

I used lucuma powder in place of the dried cane sugar called for in the original recipe.

1 cup beets, peeled and chopped
1 cup carrots, chopped
1 cup celery, chopped
1 cup water
2 tablespoons lucuma powder
1 teaspoon sea salt, or to taste
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon cold pressed olive oil
Fresh basil or cilantro
Sun dried tomatoes

Place the beets, carrots, celery, water, sea salt, lemon juice and olive oil in a high-speed blender. Blend until liquefied or to desired consistency.

Pour into a bowl and garnish with fresh basil or cilantro, and sun dried tomatoes.

Serves 1-2

Going Raw DVD

I recently had the pleasure of being introduced to two lovely vibrant individuals Ronnie and Minh. They are a raw food husband and wife team living a healthy and dynamic lifestyle. Ronnie and Minh worked together to produce Going Raw, a DVD full of delicious raw recipes and information.

Ronnie’s commentary is informative and encouraging. Minh Nguyen is a Master Raw and Living Food Chef who guides us step-by-step through an easy to follow process of making the nutritious recipes compiled in this DVD. It is a great resource for the raw food enthusiast.

Today Ronnie and Minh have kindly offered two (2) Going Raw DVD’s as part of Raw Epicurean Healthy Holiday Giveaway. Many thanks to this beautiful couple!

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Answering the following question enters you in the draw for one of two (2) Going Raw DVD’s!

What is your favorite raw soup?

This is a great DVD, one of two they have released. To learn more about Ronnie and Minh and what they offer, visit their website UB Raw.

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Comments

18 Comments so far

Paulina on December 3, 2008 Wednesday, 3:38 pm
My favorite raw soup? Definitely tomato :)

Paulina – Yum, tomato soup is up there with my favorites.
marmar1028 on December 3, 2008 Wednesday, 4:33 pm
My favorite raw soup is this Incredible Mushroom Soup from a recipe by sid23 on GoneRaw: http://goneraw.com/node/16033

Marmar1028 – sounds delicious, I just love mushrooms.
earthmother on December 3, 2008 Wednesday, 8:56 pm
Mmmm, pretty in pink! :D

Here’s a favorite I’ve been enjoying quite a bit recently with the frigid temps we’ve been having:

Curried Coconut Soup

meat & water from one young coconut
3 C carrots, grated
1 onion, chopped
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 Tbsp curry powder
1 tsp grated ginger root
cayenne to taste

Combine all ingredients in a blender and puree. Garnish with fresh cilantro.
Heidi on December 3, 2008 Wednesday, 9:33 pm
My favorite raw soup is gazpacho in the summer, and creamy celeriac soup in the winter. But I like the Boutenko’s dehydrated soup as well. There are so many good soups. It is difficult to choose a favorite!
Erik on December 4, 2008 Thursday, 7:32 am
I have to admit that I have never tried this raw. I am going to now, as I want to compare the flavor to that of the roasted and boiled variations of this recipe.
I have had raw carrot soup, and to me it simply seemed like a thickened carrot juice cocktail.

Thank you for stopping by and welcomeErik! I’m not clear on which soup you are referring, is it the Split Pea soup? Yeah, raw soups vary in texture and consistency depending on how it is prepared and the other ingredients used in a recipe.
Carmella on December 4, 2008 Thursday, 10:16 am
Oh!! I LOVE raw soups! Have been having them daily for going on 8 years! I’d have a hard time picking just one favorite. Let’s see… I’ll go with Jennifer Cornbleet’s wonderfully simple Cream of Zucchini Soup. It can be whipped up in just a few minutes and is so, so tasty and creamy!

Hi Carmi! That’s the beauty of most raw soup recipes, they are fresh, quick, and easy to make. Cream of Zucchini soup sounds good.
Zara on December 4, 2008 Thursday, 8:38 pm
What a pretty color that soup is, wow!

Tomato soup raw is my pick.
Heather on December 4, 2008 Thursday, 9:01 pm
I’ve never had borscht soup before, but I’d like to try this one! It sounds really good. One of my favorites is a raw butternut squash soup with walnut pesto.

Hi Heather and welcome! This soup is really good and I hope you will have a chance to try it. Yum, butternut squash soup with walnut pesto, that sounds lovely.
Isle Dance on December 5, 2008 Friday, 1:07 am
Oh my gosh. Not only is it beautiful. But it is so wonderfully simple and pure. Thank you so much for sharing this. :o)

Well put Isle Dance, simple and pure, exactly.
Caterina on December 6, 2008 Saturday, 3:41 am
The first one in my list would for sure be “Lentil Sprout and Tomato Soup” (it’s gives you that “warm” feeling of a hot broth, good for winter.)
It’s a recipe I got from Juliano’s book: RAW. I really recommended! (the soup and the book;)heh

And as it’s the 1st time I write here, I wanted to say that I really, really, really like this blog. I think you’re doing such a wonderful job, please don’t stop posting!
Caterina

Welcome Caterina! Thank you for taking the time to visit, participate, and leave your kind feedback! I truly appreciate it. Lential Sprout and Tomato Soup sounds good. I believe it is the recipe is on page 22 in Juliano’s book RAW.
Caterina on December 6, 2008 Saturday, 11:41 pm
Yes, exactly! It’s the one on page 22 “Lentil Soup”hehe…delicious!!!
Winona on December 9, 2008 Tuesday, 9:45 am
I simply LOVE coconut curry soup! Almond milk, young thai coconut, and spices create a delightful warm soup.
Springfairy on December 9, 2008 Tuesday, 12:04 pm
Thai sweet and sour coconut-tomato soup with fresh spring onions and coriander!!!
Althea on December 11, 2008 Thursday, 5:05 pm
My favorite soup is an original Tomato-Cilantro soup of mine.

3 small tomatoes
4 sundried tomatoes – soaked in hot water for 10 minutes
1 teaspoon honey
1 garlic clove, minced
7 sprigs cilantro
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 ½ teaspoons soy sauce (or 1 teaspoon Nama Shoyu)
2 tablespoon olive oil
pinch cayenne pepper or red pepper chili flakes

Put all of the ingredients in a blender. Add just enough water to cover the ingredients. Blend.
Pour into a bowl. I added chunks of avocado. Whoo hoooooo this is good!

The picture is here: http://therawmochaangel.blogspot.com/2008/11/raw-mocha-angels-first-anniversary.html

Thanks much,
Althea
Heathy on December 13, 2008 Saturday, 2:59 pm
Mmmm, my favourite raw soup is definately tomato basil, with spinach soup coming in a close second :)
The Winners of our 1st Healthy Holiday Giveaway!!! : Raw Epicurean on December 14, 2008 Sunday, 11:22 am
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eve on January 21, 2009 Wednesday, 3:11 pm
My favorite raw soup: Energy Soup
Base: 2 cucumbers or l cucumber & 1 bell pepper
Garlic cloves
Cilantro or coriander
Spinach
Lettuce and whatever else green you decide
Water
Meyer lemon juice
Blend above then blend in avocado and sprouts and dulse.
Garnish with sprouts, etc.
keiko on February 13, 2009 Friday, 10:35 am
This recipe has WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much salt. I think it should have been like an 1/8 of a tablespoon… It tasted a bit like salt soup!

Hi Keiko – thank you for stopping by and leaving your feedback. The amount of salt is indeed too much. It was a typo on my part that I have changed. I am delighted that you tried this recipe it really is delicious. However, I regret that the measurement of one of the ingredients (the salt) listed was inaccurate. Please accept my apology for any inconvenience this may have caused you.

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