Pear, Carrot & Onion Soup

Pear is a cooling food and usually in Chinese cooking, they used Asian pear to make tonic soup.  But for me, I find that the Bosc pear resembled Asian pear the closest as it is crunchy, sweet and juicy and I loved to use it as a substitute.  This soup is made without chicken bone/ drumstick/ pork bone so it is a healthier version without the grease.

Since it is a cooling soup, it's suitable for people who feel heaty or have a cough.  As it is good for soothing the lungs.

Ingredients:

• 2 Bosc. Pears (or Asian pears), quartered
• 2 big carrots, diagonally sliced
• 1 onion, half
• 10 red dates (remove seeds), rinsed
• 2 Tbsp. goji berries/ wolf berries, rinsed
• 1.25 l water

Method:

Put all ingredients into a slow cooker, turn it on to High.  Leave it and forget it until 4 hours later.  You can drink it as it or season with 1/4 tsp. salt.  Serve!