I was feeling a bit off this morning...actually have been feeling a bit off a lot recently. Not sure why, just not myself healthwise - not sick at all, just a little blah. So, for lunch today I decided I needed to make something super easy, light, calming on my tummy and low in fat. I used Alicia Silverstone's recipe for her Healing Soup and Nabeyaki Udon Soup as a jumping board for what I wanted to add (and hence the name Kylea's Healing Soup :-) ! ). Then I just totally made it up from there! It was perfect for my "blahness"! When I mentioned I was going to make some soup, Keith (my 4 1/2 yr old) begged me to let him cook lunch. I agreed to let him create his own soup if he would be willing to eat it. He was beyond thrilled!
We had so much fun in the kitchen together! His soup actually turned out quite tasty and his little brother was quite fond of it as well! Keith then asked to eat his soup with chopsticks! Too funny! He drank the broth when he was done with his chopsticks - cleaned off the entire bowl! His soup consisted of faux chicken broth, edamame (which he patiently popped out of the pods prior to cooking!), cauliflower, carrots, potatoes, orzo, spaghetti noodles, italian seasoning, onion powder, a splash of soy sauce and fresh minced ginger. An interesting combo but pretty tasty!
For my soup, I soaked 5 shitake mushrooms in 1 cup boiling water for about 15 min. Then de-stemmed them and chopped them into pieces. I poured the soaking liquid into a pot along with one more cup of water and added the shitakes, 1/2 cup chopped carrots, 1 t chopped fresh ginger and 1/2 cup sliced green onions. A few months ago I received a sample box fro Edwards and Sons (see review at right of the blog) and one of the samples was miso soup mix - basically a packet of powder that you add to water. When I tried it the first time, it was a little too bland and I mentioned in my review that it might be good when I needed a mild soup if I was sick. Even though I wasn't sick, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to try out another packet. So, I added 1 packet of miso soup mix to the water. I let this cook about 10 min. Then I added 1 cup sliced cabbage and 1 cup chopped celery. In a separate pot, I cooked some spaghetti noodles (I think this would have been even better with rice noodles or udon noodles but I didn't have any so spaghetti worked fine). I placed about 1/2 cup cooked noodles in my bowl and ladled the soup over them. Then I put about 3 splashes of soy sauce on top and sprinkled the whole bowl with Gomasio. Seriously yummy, mild yet flavorful, and full of veggies. This will be my new chicken soup!
I was feeling a bit off this morning...actually have been feeling a bit off a lot recently. Not sure why, just not myself healthwise - not sick at all, just a little blah. So, for lunch today I decided I needed to make something super easy, light, calming on my tummy and low in fat. I used Alicia Silverstone's recipe for her Healing Soup and Nabeyaki Udon Soup as a jumping board for what I wanted to add (and hence the name Kylea's Healing Soup :-) ! ). Then I just totally made it up from there! It was perfect for my "blahness"! When I mentioned I was going to make some soup, Keith (my 4 1/2 yr old) begged me to let him cook lunch. I agreed to let him create his own soup if he would be willing to eat it. He was beyond thrilled! 
We had so much fun in the kitchen together! His soup actually turned out quite tasty and his little brother was quite fond of it as well! Keith then asked to eat his soup with chopsticks! Too funny! He drank the broth when he was done with his chopsticks - cleaned off the entire bowl! His soup consisted of faux chicken broth, edamame (which he patiently popped out of the pods prior to cooking!), cauliflower, carrots, potatoes, orzo, spaghetti noodles, italian seasoning, onion powder, a splash of soy sauce and fresh minced ginger. An interesting combo but pretty tasty! 
For my soup, I soaked 5 shitake mushrooms in 1 cup boiling water for about 15 min. Then de-stemmed them and chopped them into pieces. I poured the soaking liquid into a pot along with one more cup of water and added the shitakes, 1/2 cup chopped carrots, 1 t chopped fresh ginger and 1/2 cup sliced green onions. A few months ago I received a sample box fro Edwards and Sons (see review at right of the blog) and one of the samples was miso soup mix - basically a packet of powder that you add to water. When I tried it the first time, it was a little too bland and I mentioned in my review that it might be good when I needed a mild soup if I was sick. Even though I wasn't sick, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to try out another packet. So, I added 1 packet of miso soup mix to the water. I let this cook about 10 min. Then I added 1 cup sliced cabbage and 1 cup chopped celery. In a separate pot, I cooked some spaghetti noodles (I think this would have been even better with rice noodles or udon noodles but I didn't have any so spaghetti worked fine). I placed about 1/2 cup cooked noodles in my bowl and ladled the soup over them. Then I put about 3 splashes of soy sauce on top and sprinkled the whole bowl with Gomasio. Seriously yummy, mild yet flavorful, and full of veggies. This will be my new chicken soup!
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