Cream Cauliflower Soup with Quinoa and Raisins

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Mirepoix: red onion, celery, carrot. Roasted cauliflower, quinoa, raisin, half and half, coconut milk, coconut flakes, curry powder, ginger.

This was a fun one, jam packed with pureed and chunks of cauliflower.

“I prefer men to cauliflowers.” Virginia Woolf

Coconut Beef Ramen Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, fresh garlic, celery, poblano pepper. Ground beef, flank steak, asparagus, coconut milk, coconut flakes, fish sauce, ramen noodle, ginger, curry powder, cinnamon.

Sort of an Asian feel.

“I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Cuban Ham Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, red pepper, carrot, garlic, celery. Ham, roasted butternut squash, potato, coconut flakes, cinnamon, paprika, cayenne pepper.

As you may have noticed, there’s been a lot of ham soups recently. That’s what happens when we are donated two giant slabs of it. Fun to see how each soup maker added their own twists.

“If we had some eggs, we could have eggs and ham. If we had some ham.” Groucho Marx

Coconut Meat and Asparagus Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, carrot, yellow bell pepper. Stew meat, bacon, turkey bacon, asparagus, coconut flakes, Mike’s Organic Curry Love Massaman, coconut milk beverage, worcestershire sauce, garlic

This is one of the meals Maryann made, followed naturally by a desert of coconut cream pie.

Coconut Zucchini Curry with Rice

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Mirepoix: carrot, onion, bell pepper. Roasted zucchini, roasted mushroom, coconut milk, sweet coconut flakes, rice, fish sauce, garlic, dried and fresh basil, ginger, curry powder.

Fish sauce opened up again in my backpack, even though I had wrapped the top with saran wrap. Had to throw it into the wash machine again.

Made 1/22/19

Mishmash Coconut Chowder

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Regular mirepoix. Potato, prepared mashed potato, yellow bell pepper, milk, coconut milk, sweet coconut flakes, corn, mushroom, cauliflower, feta cheese, fish sauce, flour, marjoram, dill, garlic, fried garlic.

Would have been nice to have green peppers to make the color scheme more interesting. Alas we had none.

Made 1/2/19

Faux Thai Green Curry

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, yellow and red bell pepper, carrot. Roasted eggplant, roasted zucchini, coconut milk, green curry paste,Thai green curry simmer sauce, sweet coconut flakes, cream, fresh basil, chive, fried garlic.

This is the closest I can get to real curry without lemongrass (which we never have) and other Thai spices.

Made 12/26/18

Taj Coconut Beef Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, red bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, rainbow carrot. Beef, Napa cabbage, potato, butter chicken simmering sauce, whipping cream, coconut milk, sweetened coconut flakes, turmeric, coriander, cumin, garlic.

I mentioned in another post how the coconut milk was near insipid. Problem fixed with coconut flakes. Yay!

Made 12/18/18