Potassium Power Soup
A nutritious recipe for a soup packed with potassium, fiber, and flavour. Great for fluid balance, muscle recovery, and heart health. Simple natural food makes healthy and nourishing meals.
🥣 Why This Soup Matters
This cozy, mineral-rich soup is designed to gently support fluid balance, circulation, and cellular health. It’s packed with potassium from sweet potatoes, white beans, and leafy greens — key players in helping the body pull water back into the cells and reduce puffiness or swelling.
The nutritional value of vegetables is natures best recipe to provide us natural B-vitamins, magnesium, and flavour — healing doesn’t have to taste like compromise.
Try it for:
✔️ Swollen ankles & sock-line indentations
✔️ Low energy & cramping
✔️ Post-sweat or stress mineral recovery
✔️ Everyday nourishment that loves your heart
Think of it as a rebalancing bowl of comfort — where every spoonful does something good inside.
I personally like to make a spice-infused oil to drizzle it on top of soups. If you like to do this then add these ingredients -> olive oil, turmeric and paprika powder, a bit of a healthy kind of salt (see ingredient list) to the smallest pan you have and prepare it separately. Otherwise just proceed as the instructions explain.
Ingredients (makes 4 servings)
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- 1 tbsp ghee or avocado oil
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- optional, 1/2 tsp turmeric or smoked paprika powder
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- optional, 1-2 tsp nutritional yeast, stir in at the end of cooking (adds B-vitamins, including B1, heat-sensitive)
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- 1 small leek, sliced (or/and 1/2 onion)
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- 1 celery stalk, sliced
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- 1 clove garlic, pressed, cubed, sliced…doesn’t really make a difference
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- 1 cup white beans (cooked or canned, drained)
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- 1 medium sweet potato, diced (wash, keep the skin for more potassium)
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- 1 cup zucchini, diced
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- 4 cups of filtered water (or chicken/beef broth)
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- optional, 2 cups, leafy greens, such as spinach or Swiss chard (I have made this soup without greens and it is still a tasty soup)
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- 4 tbsp olive oil, to drizzle on the soup when serving
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- salt and pepper to taste, good salt options Redmond, Celtic, or New Earth Organics, or Canadian Sea Salt
Instructions
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- If you would like to use turmeric or paprika powder in this recipe start with heating the ghee/avocado oil to low-medium heat and stir in turmeric and paprika. Allow them to bloom — a moment that not only enhances their taste but also supports better absorption of their active compounds. This step can be done in a separate little pan to make a spiced oil for later.
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- Add and sauté garlic/leek/onion and celery until softened.
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- Add sweet potato, zucchini, beans, and water/meat broth.
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- Simmer for 15-20 minutes until veggies have your preferred softness.
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- Stir in bouillon paste and greens at the end and let wilt for 1-2 minutes.
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- Optional, blend half the soup for a creamier texture. This is totally up to preference. I like to puree about 2/3 of the soup.
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- Taste and adjust with sea salt if needed (but potassium is already doing the heavy lifting).
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- Drizzle with the spice-infused oil
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- optional, serve with a slice of garlic bread
🧾 Why These Ingredients?
| Ingredient | Why It’s Here |
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| 🥔 Sweet potatoes | Loaded with potassium + B6 for nerve and muscle support |
| 🫘 White beans | Fiber + magnesium + potassium triple combo |
| 🥬 Leafy greens | Folate, minerals, and gentle diuretic support |
| 🧅 Alliums (leeks/onion/celery) | Circulation helpers, natural detox allies |
| 🥄 Fresh Bouillon paste | Real food. Real flavour! |
💬 Tried it?Then leave a comment! I’d love to hear how you liked it. |
