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You read that right, Creamy Keto Radish Soup with melted gooey mozzarella loaded with triple brie and cream cheese.
Move over cauliflower and make space for radishes, as they are the new potato alternative for keto foodies.
Turning Radishes Into A Pink Radish Soup
As you can see, radish soup takes on a light pink colour and is packed full of heart-warming nutrients.
Very cheesy and the perfect low-carb soup for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
If you don’t care for the strong taste of raw radishes but love potatoes, I assure you that you’ll love radish soup.
Radishes are root vegetables, after all.
Before radish soup came into our lives as a laughable idea, we only ate them raw or baked with bacon fat, which is delicious!
We’ve also tossed whole red radishes into pasta sauce, chili, or other recipes that typically contain potatoes.
Since Mrs. CBB doesn’t eat potatoes, radishes became her new potato of choice.
You can even make mashed radishes as you can mashed cauliflower, which both taste like mashed potatoes.
Lots of mashing is going on!
I did not believe Mrs. CBB that radishes tasted like potatoes once roasted as they have a very strong earthy flavour.
Most people dip them in dressing just to reduce or mask the peppery taste.
Others, like my wife, can’t get enough of that crunchy texture and gobble them up raw.
I’m not a huge fan, but once we started cooking with radishes, we knew that we were onto something special.
What Is A Radish?
Two years ago, we bought radish seeds and decided to try them in our wood planters in the back garden.
They were an epic fail. I don’t think I’ve ever seen radishes so awful.
Now that Mrs. CBB has been eating a low-carb, high-fat keto lifestyle, we hope to try growing organic radishes more.
The only difference will be that we’ll do more research about how to grow radishes, so we don’t end up with a pile of radish greens.
Yes, you can eat the radish greens if you like too.
Related: Keto Cucumber and Radish Salad with Feta Cheese
Things I didn’t know about radishes…
Spring radishes, which have a short growing season, resulting in a smaller radish.
Spring radishes are generally eaten raw.
The winter radishes have a longer growing season, which results in a larger round or more elongated shaped vegetable that stores longer.
Winter radishes are generally cooked.
Varieties Of Radish For Radish Soup
A root vegetable related to the turnip and horseradish family, with a crisp texture and a peppery hot flavor.
The hotness of the radish varies from mild to very strong, depending on the age and type.
The different types come in different sizes, shapes, and colors.
The most commonly found are the small, round Cherry Belle, the Red Globe radish or the white carrot shaped variety known as Daikon.
You can read all about Radishes at Recipetips.com
Growing Radishes 101
As I mentioned above, we failed miserably at our first attempt at growing radishes, so we wanted to find out two things;
When Should I Plant Radishes?
- When to plant radishes
In spring, sow salad radishes at 10-day intervals starting two weeks before your average last spring frost, continuing to three weeks after your last frost date.
Sow rat-tail radishes around your last spring frost date.
In fall, sow all types of radishes at two-week intervals starting eight weeks before your first fall frost, continuing up until three weeks before your first frost date.
How To Plant Radishes
When preparing the planting bed, loosen the soil 6 to 10 inches deep, and mix in good compost or well-rotted manure.
Sow seeds a half-inch deep and 1 inch apart, in rows spaced 12 inches apart.
After the seedlings appear, thin salad radishes to 3 inches apart; thin oriental radishes to 8 to 10 inches apart.
Seeds typically sprout in three to seven days when sown in 60-degree soil.
You can learn all about growing radishes and about harvesting and storage.
You’ll also learn about how to save radish seeds and growing tips.
Radishes As Part Of A Healthy Diet
Health Benefits Of Radishes
What are the health benefits of radishes?
Most people eat radishes because they like them, but did you know that organic radishes have many health benefits?
Related: Keto Radish Potato Salad
I didn’t either, but now I know there are 20 Surprising Benefits Of Radishes that might make me eat them more often.
Radishes only have 3.9 net carbs in 1 cup (116g) of sliced radishes, which is excellent.
- Jaundice
- Piles
- Urinary Disorders
- Weight Loss
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular Conditions
- Constipation
- Respiratory Disorders
- Blood Pressure
- Skin Disorders
- Diabetes
- Kidney Disease
- Fever
- Insect Bites
- Dehydration
- Respiratory Conditions
- Vitamin C
- Liver and Gallbladder
- and more.
Radishes are one of the healthiest root vegetables you can eat for your health and body.
They are also low-carb, keto-friendly, and have beautiful colours.
Another thing to consider is that radishes are very inexpensive to buy, like potatoes, when they are on offer or in season.
A two-pound bag of red radishes costs under $2 unless you buy organic, where you can expect to pay more.
How To Make Keto Cream of Radish Soup
You will get odd reactions when you tell your family that creamy radish soup is on the menu.
I wouldn’t tell them and let them see what they think of the radish soup before telling them it’s not creamy potato soup.
Mrs. CBB does this to me when she makes anything keto, which works, especially if I say I like it.
The smile on her face and the little low-carb keto dance she does right after means she got me, and she’s happy about it.
Who’s keeping score, though? Not me. hehe!
What I love about this keto radish soup is how you get a bit of the radish flavour and lots of creaminess.
How To Thicken Creamy Keto Radish Soup
The xanthan gum is a thickener, but if it is too thick, add more chicken bone broth or water.
Creamy Keto Radish Soup With Melted Mozzarella
- Recipe Type: KETO Soup
- Author: Mr.CBB
- Prep time: 20 mins
- Cook time: 40 mins
- Total time: 1 hour
- Serves: 6 cups
If you’re craving a cream of potato soup but don’t want all the carbohydrates that come with it, you must try this creamy Keto radish soup.
Radish Soup Ingredients
- 1lb red radishes washed, quartered
- 6 cups chicken bone broth or water with chicken broth granules
- 1 medium onion minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon black or white pepper
- 1 tablespoon xanthan-gum
- 1 cup Shredded Mozzarella for garnish
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1/2 cup triple brie no rind
- 1/2 cup cubed cream cheese
Instructions
- In a medium to a large soup pot on medium heat, add butter until melted
- Add your washed, cored, and quartered red radishes.
- Add your minced onion, salt, and pepper, and saute until translucent, about 1-2 minutes.
- Add your 6 cups of chicken broth and sprinkle with xanthan gum (very important only to sprinkle), stir well, then let simmer on medium for 30 minutes or until radishes are tender.
- With a hand blender, turn off the heat and blend the radish soup until smooth or chunky.
- Add whipping cream, triple brie, and cream cheese and put back on the heat until melted, then blend again.
- Taste for seasoning
- Serve piping hot
- Optional: Add hot sauce and shredded mozzarella cheese on top.
- Add 6 cups of chicken broth.
Don’t let the name Keto Creamy Radish Soup scare you because you will only taste a hint of radish and believe you’re eating cream of potato soup.
I like to add a bit of Korean chili spice to my radish soup to add a bit of heat.
Besides, exploring different ways to use ingredients in your keto recipes is always nice.
Discussion Question: What are your favourite ways of enjoying radishes?
Please leave any comments below.
Thanks for stopping by to read my new recipe.
Mr. CBB
Keto Creamy Radish Soup
If you're craving cream of potato soup but don't want the carbohydrates try this creamy radish soup. It's cheesy and hits the potato spot.
Ingredients
- 1lb red radishes washed, quartered
- 6 cups chicken bone broth or water with chicken broth granules
- 1 medium onion minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon black or white pepper
- 1 tablespoon xanthan-gum
- 1 cup Shredded Mozzarella for garnish
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1/2 cup triple brie no rind
- 1/2 cup cubed cream cheese
Instructions
- In a medium to large soup pot on medium heat, add butter until melted
- Add your washed, cored, and quartered red radishes.
- Add your minced onion, salt, and pepper, and saute until translucent, about 1-2 minutes.
- Add your 6 cups of chicken broth and sprinkle with xanthan gum (very important only to sprinkle), stir well, then let simmer on medium for 30 minutes or until radishes are tender.
- With a hand blender, turn off the heat and blend the radish soup until smooth or chunky.
- Add whipping cream, triple brie, and cream cheese and put back on the heat until melted, then blend again.
- Taste for seasoning and serve piping hot
- Optional: Add hot sauce or shredded mozzarella cheese.
Nutritional Info:
Per 1/6 Recipe: Calories 300, Net Carbs -3.25g *Using Atkins Carb Counter /Total Carbs 19.50g
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