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May 6th: Green Machine Soup

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green machine soup

 

Today I am grateful for the opportunity to make myself a yummy dinner and relax.  This recipe was inspired by my Spanish co-worker’s quick fix dinner recipe for zucchini soup.  She calls it “Crema de Calabazin” or “Cream of Zucchini.”  I attempted to make it the night she told me about it but made the mistake of making it too thin and watery.  I reattempted it today and added my own touches to make it more nutritious AND amazingly delicious.

Ingredients:

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  • 4 large zucchini
  • 2 large garlic cloves
  • water and vegetable bouillon
  • cube or prepared broth (either chicken or vegetable)
  • 2 oz of soft cheese
  • 1 cup of copped kale
  • ripe avocado for serving

 

 

April 14th: Feeling Kinda Sick :-P

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lentil soup

I’m felling kinda sick so I made myself some Lentil Soup with Kale…  This thing is so insanely full of vitamins that,  if it doesn’t cure me… I’m convinced that whatever is bothering me is psychosomatic.

No more skipping work outs after this!!!

Kale Soup for “chilly” Florida winter nights

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soup no spoon

Its cold out again tonight… and when I say “cold”, I mean its below 50 degrees.  I realize that this is by no means cold for the rest of the country but it is for us (me)!

A friend of mine has been bringing in a really yummy-looking cabbage soup to work this week for lunch.  It looked hardy and chock full of veggies and since I’ve never met a vegetable I didn’t like, I thought I’d give her recipe it a try.  I didn’t have any cabbage in the house but did have half a bag of kale in the freezer so decided to change it up.  I also went kinda nuts emptying out whatever veggies I had in the fridge and bought a few more at the grocery store before getting home from work.  Here’s what I did:

Ingredients:

  • 2, 14 oz cans of diced tomatoes (I used the “zesty jalapeño” flavor but plain is good too)
  • 1, 28 oz can of tomato puree
  • 1 beef bouillon cube
  • 1 envelope of powdered onion soup
  • 1 onion
  • 6 cloves of garlic
  • 4 stalks of celery
  • 3 carrots
  • 3 zucchini
  • 1 pint of mushrooms
  • quarter of a “calabaza” or yellow squash of choice
  • 1/2 large bag of kale

pot of vegie soup

Directions:

  1. pour contents of all canned tomatoes (both diced and puree) into a large stock pot and fill with about 8 – 10 cups of water.
  2. Add bouillon cube and onion soup envelope
  3. add chopped veggies
  4. Simmer until tender

Done!!  Soooo good and even better for you!!! Kale is a super food full of iron and tomatoes are rich in vitamin C and anti-oxidants.  Enjoy!

Farro Kale Broccoli Bowls

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farro salad

While at the grocery store the other day, I went through the grain aisle and was going to pick up some more quinoa when I saw a bag of farro.  Its actually extremely healthy and packs tons of fiber and protein! I’d never tried it so I thought it might be fun to try to incorporate into dinner some how. Here’s what I came up with:

Ingredients:

  • farro: cook using package directions
  • raw kale (serious super food packed with tons of vitamins and minerals, delicious raw or cooked.)
  • broccoli and cauliflower florets (“steam in a bag” is ideal for this)
  • balsamic vinaigrette (see Nicoise Salad article for instructions on how to make this)

Directions:

  1. cook farro using package directions
  2. steam broccoli and cauliflower florets
  3. in a bowl layer farro, raw kale, florets and drizzle with vinaigrette

Delicious and insanely healthy.  So many vitamins, so much fiber and protein.  Couldn’t get simpler or more delicious 🙂