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Thanks peskipiksi, rabiddangirl, dacnomaniac, and jackiesjunkie for the Christmas cards.
I made probably the most delicious thing I've ever made today. I rummaged through my cupboards and freezer and put together this:
Spicy Thai Creamy Tomato Potato Soup
Liberal dashes olive oil
2 shallots finely chopped
8 cloves garlic, minced
1 8 oz package pine nuts
1 large carrot thinly sliced
1 can diced tomatoes, drained and rinsed until the pestilence they're canned in is gone
2 tablespoons freshly grated ginger
4 tablespoons freshly chopped cilantro
2 tablespoons lime juice
1/2 cup + 1/4 cup siracha chili sauce
2 14 oz cans coconut milk
1 14 oz can chicken stock
8 small potatoes, unpeeled but chopped into large bite-sized pieces
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons garlic salt
dash ground mustard
dash fennel seed
1 lb frozen shrimp, peeled with tail off
pour olive oil into large soup pot and sautee next 3 ingredients until shallots are slightly caramelized. Add next 5 ingredients and the 1/2 cup siracha chili sauce and simmer. Prepare potatoes by piling them in a microwave safe dish, covered with water and covered, microwave on high for 20 minutes and then drain. Add to soup. Add coconut milk and stock. Whisk together Dijon mustard and siracha and toss shrimp to coat with mixture before adding to soup. Simmer for 10 more minutes tops (you don't want the shrimp to become rubbery). Serve.
Seriously, I thought maybe I was inventing something disgusting when I was tossing things together, but this is absolutely delicious, spicy and warm and mealy and YUMMO (fuck all you all haters, I LOVE Raechal Ray). I also bought some silk soy eggnog like drink last night and it was so delicious that I inhaled it and I want 30 gallons of that shit. Seriously. Awesome. I also caved and ordered some tofutti cream cheese from Pangea foods so I could make some holiday cheesecake this year without dying. It was kind of expensive but worth it I think in the long run.
I would have pics of all the food and such, but my camera's battery seems to think it needs to be charged or something ridiculous like that, so it stopped working because I haven't charged it in oh, four months. :-p
I made probably the most delicious thing I've ever made today. I rummaged through my cupboards and freezer and put together this:
Spicy Thai Creamy Tomato Potato Soup
Liberal dashes olive oil
2 shallots finely chopped
8 cloves garlic, minced
1 8 oz package pine nuts
1 large carrot thinly sliced
1 can diced tomatoes, drained and rinsed until the pestilence they're canned in is gone
2 tablespoons freshly grated ginger
4 tablespoons freshly chopped cilantro
2 tablespoons lime juice
1/2 cup + 1/4 cup siracha chili sauce
2 14 oz cans coconut milk
1 14 oz can chicken stock
8 small potatoes, unpeeled but chopped into large bite-sized pieces
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons garlic salt
dash ground mustard
dash fennel seed
1 lb frozen shrimp, peeled with tail off
pour olive oil into large soup pot and sautee next 3 ingredients until shallots are slightly caramelized. Add next 5 ingredients and the 1/2 cup siracha chili sauce and simmer. Prepare potatoes by piling them in a microwave safe dish, covered with water and covered, microwave on high for 20 minutes and then drain. Add to soup. Add coconut milk and stock. Whisk together Dijon mustard and siracha and toss shrimp to coat with mixture before adding to soup. Simmer for 10 more minutes tops (you don't want the shrimp to become rubbery). Serve.
Seriously, I thought maybe I was inventing something disgusting when I was tossing things together, but this is absolutely delicious, spicy and warm and mealy and YUMMO (fuck all you all haters, I LOVE Raechal Ray). I also bought some silk soy eggnog like drink last night and it was so delicious that I inhaled it and I want 30 gallons of that shit. Seriously. Awesome. I also caved and ordered some tofutti cream cheese from Pangea foods so I could make some holiday cheesecake this year without dying. It was kind of expensive but worth it I think in the long run.
I would have pics of all the food and such, but my camera's battery seems to think it needs to be charged or something ridiculous like that, so it stopped working because I haven't charged it in oh, four months. :-p