RECIPE: african peanut soup

A magnificent impromptu dish came out of this .. I was starving and randomly saw this recipe online while I was trying (once again) to understand WordPress. I saw the image and immediately became distracted from whatever DIY tutorial I was trying to understand and began rummaging in my kitchen to create this dish. Needless to say, it was a success.

It was the perfect ending to a pretty perfect day. I just HAVE to share because the photos are spectacular ..

On this (almost) perfect day I woke up and lugged my paddleboard to the beach and spent a couple hours paddling up and down the beach line, watching the surfers catch the rare waves and staring at the jellyfish around me. I stuck my camera into the water and started taking random pictures hoping that at least one would turn out okay. And do you know what I got?

Isn’t nature just magnificent??

Then, of course, I snapped a selfie (where I’m ironically wearing a hat for Frasher Farms Duck Club, the Duck Club that provides enviable hunting every duck season .. it’s my dad’s, what?):

I walked myself and my board back to my home and cleaned myself up, cleaned the house up and then made an enormous papaya smoothie (sorry no pic of THAT). I rode my skateboard to the grocery store, got groceries, rode home and got some work stuff done.

Then I made this amazing soup, seeking some serious comfort after being exhausted from all the sun and heat today. I slurped it up and then my girlfriend asked me if I wanted to skate around at the beach with her. Of course, I said yes.

Of course, I fell and got hurt.

So. Today was magnificent. Sun. Salt. Skate. Paddleboard. And a possibly broken arm (it’s swollen and I can’t move it and I kind of can’t stop crying .. but I am also kind of a baby).

And today also included this delicious dish that really was just supposed to be something quick I whipped up. Take a look and do yourself a favor and make it for yourself.

African Peanut Soup

adapted from Hurry The Food Up

Ingredients
for the soup:

2 cups vegetable broth
1/4 red onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
1 small zucchini, chopped
A small handful of peanuts
2 T tomato paste
2 t powdered ginger
3-4 T peanut butter
1 T nama shoyu
A few dashes sriracha (optional)

for the rice/quinoa/grain:

1/4 cup quinoa, cooked
1/4 cup sprouted mung beans, cooked

Instructions

for the soup:

Sautee the garlic, onion and carrots in a small pot with maybe a couple tablespoons of olive oil for about 5 minutes.
Add the zucchini and cook for a few more minutes.
Once they soften, add the tomato paste and ginger powder and mix well. Allow this to cook for about 5 minutes.
Add the broth and bring to a light boil. Let it all cook together for about 5 more minutes.
Add the peanuts and peanut butter. Stir continuously as it thickens. Cook like this for about 5 minutes.
Add the nama shoyu and sriracha and stir until incorporated

for the grains:

Follow the instructions for your chosen grain and then place the cooked product in a bowl.
Pour the soup over and enjoy!

For the more unique ingredients, here is what I used:

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