i'm going to jump ahead tonight and make another batch of broccoli soup. i have my new blender in and it's a substantively more powerful motor. i think i just put too much in the smaller one and it seized. bought it in 2014, so it lasted a long time, for the $10 i paid. i have two coffee makers (pot and single serve) and will buy another cheap one person blender, too. smoothies are no longer a key part of my diet, they've been replaced by orange juice, but i may revisit that.
this broccoli soup is a work in progress. let me remind myself:
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- put the bacon on first. i'm using an entire 375 g pack.
- take a full package of oxo cubes and let it sit in a bowl with water, stirring until it dissolves. this will be intense beef gravy.
- chop up broccoli florets
- chop up an entire bulb of garlic
- chop up 75 g of kale stalks
- chop up thawed or defrosted broccoli stalks and put them in a blender.
- add chopped up citrus peels
- add unflavoured, unsweetened soy milk
- blend a little, just to cut it up a bit
- use a very big frying pan
- start with olive oil margarine
- i'm chopping up kale stalks instead of celery. fry them in the margarine for two minutes, covered.
- add the entire bulb of chopped garlic. another two minutes, covered.
- add the blended mix with a 1/2 box of vegetable or chicken broth (500 ml) and the bowl of dissolved oxo cubes
- add the chopped broccoli florets
- let this come to a boil (uncovered)
- cook it covered on reduced heat for 15 minutes
- cook for another fifteen minutes on increased heat, until it's boiling again
while it's cooking, put the following in a bowl:
- chopped fresh dill
- two avocados (chopped)
- also, grate some cheese (200 g monterrey jack, 200 g mozzarella, 200 g cheddar, 200 g marble)
- chop up some bread (this time, i'm using up the remaining sourdough)
- put the contents of the pan in the bowl
- put the bacon with the grease and oil in the bowl
- add the following:
- frank's
- pepper
- cayenne
- oregano
- cumin
- paprika
- dried dill
- add bread
- add cheese
- microwave or broil to melt cheese (i'm broiling)
when done, add the following on top:
- nutritional yeast
- hemp seeds
- ceasar
- fresh broccoli florets