Easy Broccoli Soup

Tonight's Dinner: Broccoli Soup and a Big Hunk of Salmon

After listening to the rain patter on the windows all day long while being stuck inside at work, the weather turned absolutely beautiful right as I was walking out to my car this afternoon.  I quickly chomped on a handful of baby carrots when I got home, and then the hubby and I took a long walk through the nearby neighborhoods.  With a slight breeze and the sun shining, it was a perfect day to get outside and get some fresh air. It gave me the burst of energy I needed to make something tasty, healthy and new for dinner!

We buy giant bags of frozen organic broccoli from Costco ($5.99 for a four pound bag!) on a weekly basis, and I was looking for a new way to eat it tonight. Normally, I just boil some water, throw in the broccoli for about 10 minutes, drain, then serve with salt, pepper and butter. Tonight, though, I was feeling adventurous! Why not blend it up into a liquid palatable not only to people with teeth, but also people without??! Why not, indeed!!

This recipe is ridiculously easy with only six ingredients. And it actually tastes good. If you like broccoli, you're going to like it. BAM!

Broccoli Soup
16 oz frozen broccoli
1 tsp ghee
2-3 cups of bone broth
1 dash of garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste

Add all of the above to a medium sized pan. Bring to a boil. Once the broccoli is tender, transfer to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth, returning to the heat if needed. Add salt and pepper to taste. Makes 3 servings.

The Holiday Butterfest

 

After a wonderful holiday full of various cheeses, dips, crackers and breads, I’m feeling pretty chubby. Granted, after getting into great shape for our wedding and honeymoon in June, even the tiniest square of “carb-age”  (as my husband calls it) goes straight to the tummy region. In the midst of the pre-wedding glory days, we were going for daily walks outside, eating tons of protein, turning our noses up at the chips and crackers at the store, cutting way back on our Chinese food runs and barely drinking any alcohol. Knowing we were going to have rows of people staring at us from behind for a large chunk of time really helped with the motivation.  Wedding dresses with corsets are meant to squish, but there’s only so much magic they can do!

 

Now is quite another story. Our pantry consists of two food groups: snacks and dips to go with snacks. Our fridge, too, is long from the days of being full of hard-boiled eggs, baby carrots and thawing salmon. It’s now full of various beige colored casseroles, all of which the main ingredients are either a stick of butter and multiple cups of cheddar cheese or whip cream and Jello. You get the idea. But it’s the holidays, right? It wouldn’t be Christmas without the gritty feeling of sugar and butter constantly on the back of your front teeth.

 

But the holidays only come but once a year. And now it’s time to get back on track! Target luckily had frozen bags of salmon on sale yesterday, so my husband and I filled up the cart. We grabbed two bags, then after a lap around the grocery aisles, went back for more, because “They’re so cheap! We should get a couple more bags! Grab 2!"

 

We ended up buying 6 bags of salmon and 2 of tilapia (also on sale). We figured, we’ll just eat fish until we’re healthy again. It just makes sense! Then, when we get sick of it (which we inevitably will – since we now have 35 fish filets in our freezer) , we just will keep some in the freezer and wait to eat it again until we’re not sick of it anymore. Brilliant! Fool proof!

 

So far, we've eaten one meal of the salmon we bought. We sprinkled it with McCormick salmon rub, squeezed some lemon juice over it, topped it with salt and pepper, then baked it for about 15 minutes in the oven. It was delicious. 

 

And I think I'm good on salmon for a while. What else do we have to eat?!