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Garlic Soup

Garlic Soup Recipe

Serves 4

26 garlic cloves (unpeeled)
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) organic butter (grass fed)
1/2 teaspoon cayenne powder
1/2 cup fresh ginger
2 1/4 cups sliced onions
1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
26 garlic cloves, peeled
1/2 cup coconut milk
3 1/2 cups organic vegetable broth
4 lemon wedges

Preheat oven to 350F. Place 26 garlic cloves in small glass baking dish. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt and toss to coat. Cover baking dish tightly with foil and bake until garlic is golden brown and tender, about 45 minutes. Cool. Squeeze garlic between fingertips to release cloves. Transfer cloves to small bowl.

Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onions, thyme, ginger and cayenne powder and cook until onions are translucent, about 6 minutes. Add roasted garlic and 26 raw garlic cloves and cook 3 minutes. Add vegetable broth; cover and simmer until garlic is very tender, about 20 minutes. Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth. Return soup to saucepan; add coconut milk and bring to simmer. Season with sea salt and pepper for flavour.

Squeeze juice of 1 lemon wedge into each bowl and serve.

Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium heat, stirring occasionally.

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• • Non-stick baking plates with non-skid rubber feet
• • Makes 12 doughnuts
• • Power and ready lights
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• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1/2 cup milk

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2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
1 cup Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper

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e-cloth is not just the best “green cleaning” solution and it’s not just the best microfiber cleaning.  It’s the best clean you can give your home or office.  Using an e-cloth and just water can give your home the best clean it’s ever had with less effort and expense than your current cleaning method. 

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All the moms out there are saying, “My family barely notices that the house is clean, how can it be better for them?”  A surface cleaned with an e-cloth is free of two potentially harmful things:  cleaning chemicals and bacteria.  One of the scariest things ever written is this excerpt from a Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons study:

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The National Research Council reports that “No toxic information is available for more than 80% of the chemicals in everyday use products.”  Not only do you not know what chemicals you’re exposing your family to, there isn’t a way to find out.

These chemicals leave residue on every surface of the home.  Eliminating them is good for you and your family.  We all know why it’s important to get rid of bacteria, but the chemicals we’ve been using to kill them might be just as harmful to us.

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We are often asked, “How can a cloth made of polyester and nylon be good for the environment?”  That is a question we are happy to answer.  e-cloths come with a 300 Wash Guarantee.  You do daily cleaning with e-cloth and rinse the cloth out in the sink under hot water.  Once each week, wash the cloth with your regular wash (do not use bleach or fabric softener) and they are ready for another week of cleaning.  If you wash the cloth once each week, the cloths are guaranteed for about 6 years of cleaning.  In six years, how many paper towels, wipes, spray cans and bottles of chemicals will you go through?

Eliminating or reducing the use of household cleaning chemicals is a major benefit to the environment.  Those chemicals go down our drains and remain on surfaces in our homes.  The cans and bottles they are sold in end up in our landfills forever.  An e-cloth and just water avoids all of this mess.

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e-cloth really is a better cloth and a better clean.  Still not convinced?  Buy a Kitchen Pack(our #1 best seller worldwide) and try it.  We stand behind our products 100% and if you’re not satisfied, we’ll refund your money.  If you love our cloths and they disappoint you within 300 washes, we’ll replace it for you.  You have nothing to lose and so much to gain. 

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