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

Deng’s Sausage and Rice Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, carrot, red bell pepper. Hot Italian sausage, eggplant, canned bacon, snap peas, rice, quinoa, oyster sauce, soy sauce, garlic, roasted chicken stock, lime juice, worcestershire sauce, fresh basil, dried basil, allspice.

Never heard of canned bacon, so forthwith in it went. It was really weird–slices of cooked bacon wrapped in paper and stuffed into a can. Go figure.

In Tokyo I bought a Deng watch. Instead of the second hand going around, the seconds were marked by Deng waving his cigarette.

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Made 5/14/19

Chorizo and Broiled Green Bean Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, carrot, green bell pepper. Broiled green beans, chorizo, quinoa, crispy fried onions, lime juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, paprika, garlic

Another surprise protein ingredient. Never used it before, but sounded fun. And the condiment shelf provided an oniony surprise.

For the mirepoix, from about this time on I’ve been using coconut oil. No real reason.

Made 11/27/18