Tuesday, May 19, 2015

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Thai Curry Sweet Potato & Lentil Soup

Thai Curry Sweet Potato & Lentil Soup #glutenfree

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This comforting soup is also so good for you! Packed with sweet potatoes, lentils and carrots, spiced with curry paste, fish sauce and lime juice, and finished off with creamy coconut milk, this soup comes together quickly!
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Recipe type: Soup
Cuisine: Thai
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, sliced
  • 1 tbsp ginger, peeled & diced into small pieces
  • 1 tbsp Thai red curry paste {I like this brand}
  • 1 medium sweet potato {500g}, peeled and diced into ½ inch cubes
  • 2 medium carrots, peeled and diced
  • 3 cups stock {veggie or chicken}
  • ¾ cup dried red lentils
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
After simmering:
  • 1 can light coconut milk {400mL}
  • ¼ tsp salt {or more; to taste}
  • 1 tsp lime juice
  • 1 tsp fish sauce
Instructions
  1. Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
  2. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent and cooked through. Add the garlic and ginger, and cook for a minute.
  3. Add the curry paste and cook until onions/garlic/ginger are coated and you can smell the curry paste, 30 seconds-1minute.
  4. Add the sweet potato, carrots, stock, lentils, fish sauce and lime juice. Cover, bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 20 minutes, until lentils and sweet potato are cooked through.
  5. Using an immersion blender, puree the soup until smooth and creamy. Stir in the coconut milk. Add salt and additional lime juice and fish sauce to taste.http://sweetpeasandsaffron.com/

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Caramel Banana Upside Down Bread

caramel banana upside down bread cake recipe
 


Ingredients
  • ½ cup packed brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into several pieces
  • About 2 bananas, sliced in ¼ inch rounds
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
  • 1½ cup whole wheat flour
  • ¾ cup white granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup mashed overripe bananas
  • 2 large eggs
  • ⅓ cup coconut oil or oil of choice
  • ⅓ cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • For the Caramel Glaze:
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons heavy cream
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 9X5 inch loaf pan.
  2. Spread the brown sugar on the bottom of the loaf pan. If using nuts, sprinkle them evenly over the sugar. Dot with the butter. Put it in the oven for about 8 minutes. Stir the mixture until dissolved and spread evenly on the bottom of the pan. Place a single layer of the banana slices on top of the sugar mixture along the entire bottom of the pan.
  3. Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add all the remaining wet ingredients and beat just until combined. Do not over-beat.
  4. Pour the batter over the sliced bananas in the pan.
  5. In an oven preheated to 325 degrees F, bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the loaf comes out clean but moist.
  6. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 20 minutes before inverting it on a cake platter.
  7. To prepare the Caramel Glaze, place the butter, brown sugar and heavy cream in a small saucepan (you can also microwave the ingredients for a minute). Bring to a boil and simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let it sit for a minute. Pour the glaze evenly over the cake (on the upside down side with the bananas on top).http://www.daringgourmet.com/

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THE SERENITY PRAYER

GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE;
COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN;
AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME;
ENJOYING ONE MOMENT AT A TIME;
ACCEPTING HARDSHIPS AS THE PATHWAY TO PEACE;
TAKING, AS HE DID, THIS SINFUL WORLD
AS IT IS, NOT AS I WOULD HAVE IT;
TRUSTING THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT
IF I SURRENDER TO HIS WILL;
THAT I MAY BE REASONABLY HAPPY IN THIS LIFE
AND SUPREMELY HAPPY WITH HIM
FOREVER IN THE NEXT.
AMEN.

--REINHOLD NIEBUHR