So-- I've been sick alot lately. Turns out I have an ear and sinus infection. Sheesh. And all of these lackluster days I've been missing the magic soup I always get when I'm sick from Pho 84 in Oakland to nurse myself back to health. Since this town is lacking, among other things, a Vietnamese restaurant, I had to boldly go where i had never been before, and improvise.
And I'm in love!
It's no pho perfection...let's not even call it pho, but this soup is doing the trick, and I can't get enough of it.
I bring you:
Christi's Sweet and Sour Phaux
1/2 Leek, sliced
1 Carrot, sliced
1 stalk celery, sliced
1 small fist-sized amount of cauliflower, sliced
2 cloves garlic, pressed
6 cups water
1 can pineapple chunks (or "tidbits" as they call them here in Sweden) + juice
1 quarter cabbage, shredded
8 button mushrooms, quartered
2 tomatoes, chopped chunky
1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
1-4 dashes of Cayenne pepper, depending on degree of desired spiciness
2 Tbs. honey
1 Tbs. sea salt
1 small bunch cilantro, chopped
Soy sauce, Bragg's liquid aminoes, black pepper, to taste
In a medium sized pot, saute leek, carrot, celery and cauliflower over high heat in a little veg. oil. When things start to get soft (about 5 min.) squeeze garlic in and saute another 2-3 min. so that you can smell the garlic but it is not burning or roasting. Add water, pineapple + juice, cayenne, soy sauce, bragg's, black pepper, ginger, honey, and salt.
Let cook over high heat another 5 min. then add cabbage and turn heat down to medium. After 8 min. throw in mushrooms and tomatoes and let simmer another 3 min. Finally add cilantro and serve it up!
Please note:
Essential to fully enjoying this dish is a side of white rice (brown just doesn't cut it for this one). I have a separate bowl for it, fill half my spoon with rice, and half with soup. YUM! Phaux delicious!
Also: It would taste more authentic without the cauliflower or carrot, I just wanted a little extra nutrients.
Try this recipe and let me know how it goes!
Hmm. Where I come from, "spunk" is not something you want to necessarily put in your mouth. If only it all tasted like these little winegummies (though not alcoholic and don't taste like wine, go figure) some might be more apt to swallow. A little stale, but fine n' fruity all the same.
i miss you ms. rebecca fox!
mountains of berries, lucious lilac blooms, marching norwegians, scrumptious brunch, and an old american car show. the fun doesn't stop in copenhagen.
would a hospital sell cigarettes? Even Swedish hospital cafe's have boxes of smokes for sale.
Right next to the ice cream counter. We expected more from you, Sweden!
The hospital also has some of the worst food I have had since being here. Fake mashed potatoes?
In a hospital? Why the disconnect between good, healthy food and good, healthy people?
It remains a mystery...
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[this is good]Yum, yum! Looks like you've created a masterpiece! I'm trying it as soon as I get to the store to... read more
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[this is good]That soup sound yummy except for the cilantro which I believe should be banned. I hope you are feeling better... read more
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