{"id":1554,"date":"2013-12-26T02:55:35","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T07:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knowyouroots.com\/ijustgottashare\/?p=1554"},"modified":"2013-12-26T15:52:52","modified_gmt":"2013-12-26T20:52:52","slug":"whats-for-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knowyouroots.com\/ijustgottashare\/2013\/12\/26\/whats-for-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s For Dinner?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike shares one of my favorite recipes, “Curry Sweet Potato Soup,” Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

Two to three times a week my wife Debbie asks me what I think we should have for dinner. It\u2019s usually on my drive home, usually after a long day at work, and usually when I\u2019ve not committed a single brain cell to consider what I think we should have for dinner. Now some might think this is an odd predicament given how much I love to cook. And it\u2019s true: I love to cook. But thinking about dinner is not something I typically do unless I\u2019m really really hungry. Or sick.<\/p>\n

The other day I woke up feeling washed out and not 100%. It was probably because I went out to dinner the night before with a friend and sat at a table near the front door where there was a constant flow of cold air from outside that kept me fairly chilled all evening long. Whatever the reason, the day after I didn\u2019t feel 100% and actually did think about dinner since I needed something nourishing that would bring me back around and set me right.<\/p>\n

Debbie had been telling me about these sweet potatoes we had that were just begging to be eaten. I was so washed out by the end of the day that I thought baking them and adding a little butter and salt would be just about perfect. But Debbie had been asking for a curried sweet potato soup that\u2019s a real favorite of ours going back many years. In fact, soups in general are a big hit. Not only are they fairly easy to cook up, but they are nourishing and healing too, something I really needed both of at that moment.<\/p>\n

So, as I drove home with my chef\u2019s hat on, I was thinking about how I was going to prepare the soup. What follows is nothing short of a sheer culinary stroke of holistic cooking genius (all due to my wife\u2019s incredible tutelage in all things holistic).<\/p>\n

INGREDIENTS<\/span><\/b>
\nSweet Potatoes \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a03 \u2014 peeled, washed, and cubed
\nGarlic cloves \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3 \u2014 peeled, smashed, and minced
\nWhite Onion \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00bc\u2014peeled and diced
\nFresh Turmeric Root \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01\u201d \u2014 peeled and chopped
\nFresh Ginger Root \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01\u201d \u2014 peeled and chopped
\nAstralagous Root \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a04-5 slivered (they look like \u00a0tongue depressors)
\nCurry \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1-2 Tbsp (or to taste)
\nPink Himalayan salt\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 just a pinch
\nGround Black Pepper \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0just a pinch
\nSoup stock \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02 quarts<\/p>\n

Place all the ingredients in a pot filled half full of filtered water, half vegetable or chicken stock, and bring to a boil. After about 20 minutes of everything at a full boil, turn off heat and let soup settle down. Strain all the vegetables from the stock carefully (DO NOT allow any astralagous root to escape) and place in a Vita-Mix or Cuisinart food processor. Add a cup or two of the stock to the blend and blend at high speed until all ingredients are super smooth. Pour the blend back in to the pot with the remainder of the stock and replace the astralagous root. Add curry, salt, and pepper and gently mix with a whisk. Cook on medium heat for another 15-20 (to boil off excess water), add a little butter or milk to give it some richness; even a nice \u201cmelty\u201d cheese will work.\u00a0 Cook another 5 minutes and serve with a crusty bread.<\/p>\n

\"\"If you\u2019re vegan, vegetarian, gluten-sensitive, or dairy-sensitive, the butter, milk, and cheese can all be replaced with appropriate alternatives like cashew cheese or almond milk. And just omit the crusty bread. The great thing about soups (and I didn\u2019t realize it until after I\u2019d made this soup) is that, pretty much any combination of vegetables that you like can be made into a soup\u2014just experiment. I\u2019ve started thinking about my morning kale smoothies and wondering what they\u2019d taste like with a soupy twist to them.<\/p>\n

So, what\u2019s for dinner? Why soup, and you\u2019re invited.<\/p>\n

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NOTE ABOUT GARLIC:<\/b> allow to sit about 10 minutes after you\u2019ve peeled and smashed\/minced it so that healing properties of allicin can be fully released.<\/p>\n

NOTE ABOUT ASTRALAGOUS:<\/b> Do Not Eat It or blend it into the soup. It\u2019s not toxic or bad for you (otherwise why would I suggest putting it into the soup?), but it will be a bit like eating bark mulch.<\/p>\n

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