⚡️Can I put everything in from cold water or should I wait for it to boil?
If you’re using a rice cooker, no problem at all:
✅ Add everything from the start. Let it all come to a gentle boil together.
That’s ideal for Stage 1 because it gives your soup a gentler flavor extraction and helps soften the vegetables more gradually. This keeps the broth easier to digest and more soothing.
🧄 What kind of spices can I add in Stage 1?
Keep it light, warming, and anti-inflammatory. This is not the moment for heavy spice blends or pungent herbs.
Go for:
- Fresh ginger (sliced thin or grated)
- Turmeric (fresh or powder, with black pepper to activate)
- Lemongrass (adds freshness, antiviral, gut-loving)
- Mint or basil (post-blending if you want freshness)
- Coriander seeds or fennel seeds (very small amount, strained after cooking)
🔥 Avoid:
- Onions
- Garlic
- Chili
- Cumin or curry blends
→ They stimulate too much heat and digestive force. You want soothing and nurturing right now.
🥬 I have carrots, kale, spinach, bok choy, celery… Should I combine them all?
Less is more. You’re not making a flavor festival — you’re restoring harmony to your digestive temple.
Start with 2–3 ingredients max per soup. Here are a few ideal combos:
- Carrot + celery + ginger
- Zucchini + bok choy + basil
- Pumpkin + lemongrass + turmeric
- Spinach + moringa + mint
Too many vegetables = too many compounds, fibers, and flavors = harder to digest.
Keep it focused. Keep it gentle.
🍲 Should I cook for 15 minutes? Then blend? Then strain?
Perfect flow:
- Add everything to the rice cooker.
- Cook gently for 10–15 minutes (until everything is soft).
- Let it cool slightly (important).
- Blend until super creamy.
- Strain through a nut milk bag or fine mesh if you want maximum gentleness (especially important in early Stage 1 or if your gut is extra sensitive).
If your soup feels super smooth after blending, you can skip straining after Day 2 or 3 — but listen to your body.
🔥 Should veggies be cooked lightly or longer?
In Stage 1, cook longer than usual.
You want them soft, broken down, easy to digest.
Undercooked vegetables = more fiber + more work for the gut = not ideal.
This is not about “retaining crunch” or “preserving raw enzymes.” You’re in healing mode. Not chewing mode.
✅ What else can I add?
Keep it hydrating, healing, and gentle:
- Zucchini
- Pumpkin
- Sweet potato (tiny amount)
- Leeks (white part only, very soft, optional)
- Fresh moringa leaves (light and healing)
- Parsley (add after blending)
💡 Final Pro Tip:
If your soup feels too “thin” after blending, add a few cubes of cooked carrot or zucchini and blend again for texture.
Still no fat, no oils, no proteins, no grains.
This is liquid nourishment.
This is cellular grace.
This is digestive reset — not dinner.
🥄 Soup = sacred nectar in Stage 1.
Your rice cooker is a temple.
Now go make some magic.
