Creamy Sweet Potato, Coconut and Ginger Soup

'Recipe adapted from Marmalade and Me'

Ingredients:

2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and diced

1 onion, chopped

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated

1 tbsp olive oil

750ml vegetable stock

200ml coconut milk

Sea salt and black pepper

Optional: pinch of chilli flakes

Method:

Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan and gently cook the onion for 5 minutes

Add the garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute

Stir in the sweet potatoes and stock

Bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 minutes until the potatoes are soft

Add the coconut milk and blend until smooth

Season with salt, pepper and chilli flakes if using

Serve with pumpkin seeds or fresh coriander

Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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