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Golden chicken and sweet potato soup

Serves 4. About 25 minutes, one pot.

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated
• 1 tsp ground turmeric
• 2 medium sweet potatoes, cubed
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 1 lb boneless chicken thighs, sliced
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 2 big handfuls of spinach
• 1 lemon
• 4 tbsp pumpkin seeds
• Salt and pepper

Method

1. Warm the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook the onion for 4 minutes, then add the garlic, ginger and turmeric for 1 minute.
2. Add the sweet potato, carrots and chicken. Stir for 2 minutes.
3. Pour in the broth, bring to a simmer, cover and cook for 20 minutes, until the sweet potato is soft and the chicken is cooked through.
4. Stir in the spinach until it wilts. Squeeze in the lemon and season with salt and pepper.
5. Ladle into bowls and top with pumpkin seeds.

Why it's good for hair days: protein from the chicken, beta-carotene (which your body turns into vitamin A) from the sweet potato and carrots, vitamin C from the lemon, and zinc from the pumpkin seeds.