Ingredients:
4 medium sweet potatoes (they can be any variety of yams, sweet potatoes, purple sweet potatoes etc)
4 cups of veggie or chicken broth (learn how to make homemade veggie broth here)
Salt & pepper to taste
4 fresh garlic gloves
1 tablespoon olive oil or your favorite cooking oil
Directions:
Wash and chop the sweet potatoes into rounds about 1/2 inch thick. As you wash the potatoes, notice the texture and variety of shapes.
Smash and chop garlic. Notice the smell on your fingers and sense of the sticky sap.
In a big pot, on medium heat, place the oil and garlic in the pot. Once the garlic becomes translucent and you can smell the garlic throughout your kitchen, place the potatoes in the pot and let them cook for about 4 minutes. This helps the sugars caramelize and offer more flavor. Can you smell it?
Add 4 cups of broth and bring to a boil. Let the sweet potatoes cook for about 30 minutes. You want them to get very soft. Listen for the sounds of the pot water boiling and steaming.
When complete, place sweet potatoes in the Vitamix with liquid or use an immersion blender to evenly blend ingredients in the pot. If you like your soup to have a lighter consistency, add more broth. If you like your soup to be thicker and more of a puree, keep as it is.
Keep smelling the soup as you blend and taste along the way to determine how much more salt and pepper to add.
You can serve this dish as is or top with pumpkin seeds avocado or a drizzle of high quality oil. This dish is yummy for a light dinner or lunch. You can serve it with a side salad or toast.