Broccoli & Leek Soup

BROCOLLI & LEEK SOUP

Here's my recipe. I was going to use one I found online but my terrors hid my phone so I had to make it up. I have to say it turned out quite nice.

2 leeks

1 decent head of broccoli

3 cups chicken stock

1 clove minced garlic

1/2 cup coconut milk (or cows milk/cream or both if no allergies)

Chop leeks and saute with garlic for a few minutes, add the broccoli and saute for a further 3 minutes.

Add your stock and cook until broccoli is soft but not mushy (we don't want mushy!)

Blend with a stick blender or food processor/blender.

Stir in milk.

Serve.

Some nice parmesan bread would be perfect with this. 

It's healthy, allergy safe (for most common allergies) and tastes delicious.

Why is food so important in this transformation of our lives?

Food is vital for the changes in our families life because as you all know I am battling bi-polar without medication so food plays a very important part, the healthier the food the better I seem to be.

My twins who are 2 also have dairy, soy and casein allergies which makes shopping, cooking and finding recipes a challenge.

My 5 year old daughter who is borderline aspergers but has to be reassessed once she starts school and a lot of foods she reacts to, the more gluten she consumes the more meltdowns she has so we have now eliminated gluten as well.

Not only does this now seem a very costly venture but a frustrating one too.  There are so. Many books out there for nut free cooking or egg free or dairy free but nothing that is  a complete package, I'll find one recipe that is dairy, casein and gluten free but will contain soy and I don't know a substitute.

School lunches are what seems to be another struggle, along with the lack of time factor I am struggling to find suitable school snacks as they also need to be nut free to follow school policy.

So school snacks need to be nut, dairy, casein, gluten AND soy free, I know the twins aren't yet in school so the soy and dairy isn't a must BUT I do want to be able to make snacks that the whole family can eat and not have to worry.