Val's Sauerkraut Soup

Contributed Valerie M., who is a member of Bee's Candida Support Group, that you are welcome to join! Adapted for candida by Susan Vanamburgh-Garth.

Please use unpasteurized sauerkraut which contains only cabbage and sea salt, which is found at most health food stores. Do not buy sauerkraut with vinegar or preservatives or if it has been heated, since it won't provide the same health benefits.

Candida sufferers should make these recipes ahead of time: Tomato Paste and Cooked Tomatoes.

Ingredients

• 4 or more chopped Sirloin beef patties, cut up
• 2 natural seasoned sausage patties, cut up
• onion
• garlic
• green pepper
• red pepper
• cauliflower
• green beans
• cabbage
• 2 cups unpasteurized sauerkraut (see note above)
• 1/2 cup tomato paste
• 1 can tomatoes with chiles added
• 1-2 tablespoons unrefined coconut oil or lard
• Spice it up with cayenne pepper, parsley, thyme, bay leaf, dill, sea salt and pepper, or any combination.

All dried and ground herbs and spices must be organic or certified organic from the health store because all commercial products
are irradiated (zapped with radiation) which change and damage the body's cells if consumed.

Note: Using any combination of candida diet vegetables would be fine.

Preparation

1. Brown the meat in a skillet.
2. In a separate skillet sauté the vegetables with coconut oil or lard. They can be done in small batches. Onions and garlic can be browned, and the other vegetables well cooked, until they are softy.
3. Get the broth ready with non-chlorinated water added (as little or as much as you'd like). I used a quart of my bone broth (lots of natural gelatin in it), and also add some water.
4. Bring it to a boil, add meat and simmer for 10 minutes.
5. Add vegetables and sauerkraut, and cook for about 10 minutes.
6. Add tomato paste, tomatoes with green chiles, and simmer for 30 minutes.
7. It takes a little more than an hour to make a giant pot of soup.
8. I store it in quart–sized jars and freeze or refrigerate it.