Magical Leek Soup
This is a prescription for a nutritional detox called "Magic Leek Soup" as featured in Mireille Guiliano's best-selling book French Women Don't Get Fat. While we don't follow this diet, I think the soup is wonderful as a started to any meal, or a quick lunch, and we indulge by add some French sea salt. The author writes: Dr. Miracle, the family physician who helped me wake up and recover from my weight gain, was something of a gourmand. He gave me a number of recipes, but none more important than the one he gave me for the first, and only, “tough” weekend. On reflection, it wasn’t so tough at all, because of his “magical leek soup,” a trick used by many of the local women for generations. He had prescribed it to both my mother and grandmother at one point or another. Leeks are a mild diuretic, and 48 hours or so of leek soup would provide immediate results to jump-start the recasting. For me, it was the start of a lifelong commitment to wellness as well as the beginning of my appreciation, my love, of leeks, about which there is much more to say. It is a trick I still use from time to time; do try it the first weekend. Recipe for Magical Leek Soup Serves one for the weekend 2 lbs. leeks Water to cover in a large pot 1. Clean leeks and rinse well to get rid of sand and soil. Cut end of green parts leaving all the white parts plus a suggestion of green. (Reserve the extra greens for soup stock.) 2. Put leeks in large pot and cover with water. Bring to boil and simmer with no