From The Healthy Slow Cooker by Judith Finlayson
Gingery Carrot Soup with Orange & Parsley
Ingredients:
1 Tbsp olive oil or coconut oil
2 onions, chopped
2-3 Tbsp minced gingerroot
1 Tbsp cracked black peppercorns
2 bay leaves
6 cups thinly sliced peeled carrots (about 6 large carrots)
4 cups vegetable or chicken stock
1-1/2 cups freshly squeezed orange juice
1 cup packed parsley leaves
Salt, to taste
Coconut milk, optional
Directions:
1. In a skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions & cook, stirring, until softened, about 3 minutes. Add gingerroot, orange zest, peppercorns & bay leaves and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Transfer to slow cooker. Add carrots and stock and stir well.
2. Cover & cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours, until carrots are tender. Add orange juice and parsley. Cover and cook on high for 20 minutes, until heated through. Discard bay leaves.
3. Puree soup in food processor in batches or with immersion blender. Season to taste with salt, if using. Ladle into serving bowls and drizzle with coconut milk, if using. Serve hot.
Note: I used the zest of one orange and then juiced that orange. I also used chicken stock and omitted the coconut milk.
eta: I keep hunks of peeled ginger in a ziploc in my freezer and just shave off as needed. I prefer this to trying to grate fresh ginger.
Karen
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Mom to 2 hockey-playing, Lego-loving boys DS1 2003 & DS2 2005
I made the Bora Bora Fireballs tonight and they were great. I halved the jalapeño and traded the cayenne pepper for chili powder. My kids thought they tasted like dumplings and I would make them again. I made the sunshine sauce last night to go with her Best Chicken so tonight I thinned out some mayo with rice wine vinegar for a "sauce". On the menu for the week is a few nom nom dishes including her eggs in purgatory, kahlua pork, and whole chicken with gravy. For me, the key is spending some time in the kitchen over the weekend to make my almond butter, mayo, guacamole and sautéing some peppers and onions so those are ready to go. I also made the kale and brussels sprouts salad from Epicurious someone had shared in the cooking forum. I leave off the cheese and it is perfectly compliant, keeps for several days and works great with fried eggs on top or as a side for lunch or dinner.
My friend shared the best tip for making mayo - she uses the small tube from her food processor inserted in to the lid of her blender to add oil. It adds it at the perfect rate and the mayo comes together so much faster than me adding it drip by drip!
Hellokitty, I work out 5 days a week doing whole30. The days I run (between 3 and 10 miles), I am diligent about a pre and post workout meal. The days I do pilates, I do fine without a pre-workout meal. When I first did whole30 it was a huge adjustment and my workouts were pretty low energy. But, over the last year I've run a personal best at every distance I've done, so I think it works out well over time
Thanks for the carrot soup recipe Karen!
Finally made the chocolate chili tonight! I only simmered it for about 50 minutes instead of 2 hours since we didn't have any more time, but it was still delicious and all of us loved it! I added a chopped red bell pepper as well. It starts out a little watery, but all the extra liquid cooks off.
I'm really going to have to try out those Bora Bora Fireballs again. Mine were a complete disaster and no one in the family liked them!
Oh, and the absolute fastest way to make mayo is to just use an immersion/stick blender. Dump ALL the ingredients in (oil on top) and just blend it up for 30 seconds! Comes out perfect every time! You don't even have to use room temperature eggs. The whole process takes all of 1 minute tops. I will never buy mayo again it's so easy.
Dh has a bad cold so I wanted to make some poultry soup for him. I didn't have chicken so googled soup recipes for ground turkey. I made it a tad too salty (my fault, not the recipe's fault) but it was so good. I obviously skipped the rice and the parm. I didn't have shallots, so used onions instead. I also used thyme and garlic salt (from TJ's) instead of herbs de provence. Sauteing the onions, carrots, garlic cloves and red pepper for ten minutes gave the soup a rich taste.
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I have steaks to make for dinner tonight. Any ideas on how to prepare? I don't have a grill so I need to cook in the oven or on the stovetop. TIA
I would broil the steak if you can't grill it. I usually season our steaks with garlic pwdr, salt and pepper and broil for 4-6 min a side, depending on the thickness. Do you have a broiler pan?
I need recipes using ground beef. We raise cows as a family and I get tons if ground beef. I made chili tonight. I like stuffed peppers or cabbage but that calls for rice. I could do shepherd's pie with sweet potatoes instead... I can't save it all for bunless burgers or meatloaf!
Karen
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Mom to 2 hockey-playing, Lego-loving boys DS1 2003 & DS2 2005
Do you have the book It Starts with Food? When DH and I did a whole30, we made lots of their variations on ground beef garbage kind of dinners- the mets cooked with shredded cabbage or over salad, etcetera. Basically, bowl-type meals with lots of sautéed or stir fried veggies.
Jen, mom to my silly monkey, 10/06
That sounds YUMMY!! Going to try that one! I am still reading the book! LOVE Michelle Tam!!
Good for you for doing water aerobics!! When I train for my tri's, I would see a TON of younger ladies in the water aerobics classes with the older ladies. They LOVED it!! Low impact but it was quite a workout...but even more so, the older ladies were a HOOT!!! I sooooo wished that I could skip the laps and do a class with them. Instead I would just reap the benefits of chatting in the locker room. I bet it is FUN!!! Have a blast!! LOVE trying new stuff! DS's New Year's Resolution is to run as many 5K's as he can, I am trying to find a good C25K program for both of us to train together after school (or in the AM if we are motivated). Sooo...other than that, I am just walking the dogs. I miss tri training...just haven't umped back in since the move.
Mom to:
1 BLUE (03) and 2 PINK (05 & 07)
^i^ 10.01 & 12.03
Pardon my typos...blasted Auto-correct!!