Raw Sweet Corn and Cashew Chowder

TOTAL TIME: 15 MIN
SERVES: 4
The Good News Not only is yellow corn a good source of vitamin B, magnesium and thiamin, it also contains carotenoids (organic pigments with health benefits) not found in white corn. Ani Phyo likes to add a handful of vitamin A–rich spinach or soft lettuce to the chowder. “Then it becomes part-soup, part-salad,” she says.
ingredients
3 1/4 cups fresh yellow corn kernels (from 4 large ears)
2 cups water
1/2 cup raw cashews
6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 small garlic clove
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 1/2 teaspoons chopped cilantro leaves
Freshly ground pepper

directions
In a blender, combine 2 1/4 cups of the corn with the water, cashews, olive oil, garlic and salt and puree until smooth. Pour the soup into bowls. Garnish with the remaining 1 cup of corn kernels, the cilantro and a sprinkle of pepper, then serve.
MAKE AHEAD The corn chowder can be refrigerated overnight.

NOTES One Serving 402 cal, 31 gm fat, 4.6 gm sat fat, 30 gm carb, 4 gm fiber.

Recipe by Ani Phyo
From Simply Delicious Raw-Food Recipes
This recipe originally appeared in June, 2008.