Spinach and Asparagus Crab Soup (Amy)

Ingredients

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  3 tbsp or 41g

• Onions

  Raw

  ¼ cup, chopped or 40g

• Garlic

  Raw

  2 clove or 6g

• Asparagus

  Raw

  1 cup or 134g

• Spinach

  Raw

  3 cup or 90g

• Thyme

  Fresh

  1 tsp or 0.8g

• Crushed red pepper flakes

  ½ tsp or 0.2g

• Chicken broth

  Soup, canned, ready-to-serve

  2 cup or 480g

• Blue crab

  Crustaceans, canned

  1 cup or 135g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

Directions

1. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions and garlic and cook until soft. Add the asparagus, spinach, thyme and red pepper flakes. Cook for 1 minute, and add the chicken broth and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Transfer to a blender and blend until smooth and transfer back to pot. Stir in the crabmeat and simmer until heated through.