Cauliflower lime soup

I went a bit overboard on day 2 of soup week and made a huge batch of cauliflower lime soup. So much that I ended up having it for dinner as well as lunch on the following day.

However, the taste turned out great - so no complaints really!

2 cups cauliflower florets

1 cup onions

2 garlic cloves

1 inch ginger

2-4 green chillies (adjust per need of slickness)

3 tablespoons coconut milk

1 cup veggie stock

1 cup water

1 small green lime (not lemon)

Salt to taste

A pinch of Turmeric 

Black pepper

Cilantro - few sprigs

Sauté the basic 3Gs (ginger-garlic-green chili) in little olive oil, then add onions. Add cauliflower after the onions are semi brown and mix in the spices. Cover and cook until soft. Cool, transfer to a power blender and blend on high with coconut milk, veggie stock and veggie broth until creamy and smooth. Mix in the cilantro and squeeze in lime juice and blend on high until color turns mild green.

Transfer to bowls, add salt and serve!

I mixed in some cooked beans to add texture to every spoon.

MCP Soup

MCP is my version of a mint coconut and pepper soup. It's healthy, flavorful and super easy to make. It was so good that we devoured it prior to taking a picture. 

I used my cuisinart 13 cup food processor to chop up the onions, peppers, ginger and garlic; bagged them for the week. For the soup, you need 

1 cup chopped yellow onions

1 cup chopped peppers (yellow, orange, red)

2 green chillies

2 garlic cloves

1 inch ginger chopped

1 sprig of mint leaves

1/4 cup coconut milk

2 cups veggie stock or water

Spices of your choice - I used cumin, coriander and pepper

Salt to taste 

Sauté the veggies (don't add mint) in a pan with the spices. Cool slightly, then transfer to blender (Vitamix) and blend with veggie stock and coconut milk on 10 for about 40 seconds and then on high for a minute or two. Turn off, and add mint leaves and blend quickly on variable and 10 for a few seconds. Transfer to bowl, add salt to taste and serve!

Jawbone UP3

S got me a Jawbone UP3 that I've been eyeing for a while, and since then I've been logging my sleep, activities and food on it. It's quite amazing to take stock of sleep hours and make a conscious effort to meet those goals. I was amazed to see calorie counts & nutritional charts for traditional indian meals come up within the app when o log my meals!

Anyhow, that combined with us feeling really fat got us on the health week wagon. The cuisinart chopper and vitamix blender have found their spots on the counter top and we are sticking to fruits, veggies, salads, soups snd smoothies this week. Recipes to follow!