FISH BOWL

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Well.  What do you do when your chiropractor and The Hubster go fishing and catch some real beauts and you've made (the most awesome ever) fish tacos and still have some left??  ASIAN FISH SOUP.  And let me just tell you - it was OUT - STAND - ING.

ASIAN FISH SOUP

3 tbs peanut oil

4 radishes, sliced thin

1 red bell pepper, sliced thin

1 small bunch bok choy, chopped

6 button mushrooms, sliced thin

4 cups vegetable stock (or broth)

2 cups leftover fish taco meat, flaked (or fresh-cooked of your choice)

3 tbs hot oil

1 cup soy sauce

pepper, to taste

3 tbs sesame oil

1/2 cup cilantro

Watch how easy this is: In a large soup pot, heat the peanut oil on medium heat for one minute.  Add radish,  bell pepper, bok choy, and button mushrooms and cook for two minutes, until cooked to al dente.  Add the fish, and cook another minute before adding the broth.  Bring to a slow boil, add hot oil, soy sauce, and pepper and cook another five minutes on low heat.  Remove from heat and add sesame oil and cilantro.  Then EAT IT UP!

NOTES: I use all organic ingredients whenever I can, including the soy sauce.  This is for clean-eating purposes only, and in this particular recipe does not make a difference in the flavor - the star is the fish!  Be careful not to salt this soup, as the soy sauce acts as the salt.  Look for your hot oil on the International aisle in your local grocery store.  In order to get organic I had to order mine online.  Omit if you don't want the heat, but it is definitely not overwhelming and rests on the back of your palette in a mild way.  This was perfect in a time pinch  

The Musical Soup

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I suppose I'm asking for trouble when I put cabbage AND beans together, if ya know what I mean!  I'll even sing the song for you: Beans and cabbage, the musical soup, the more you eat, the more you......" well, YOU KNOW THE REST!  But this is worth the song - TRUST ME!  We are a Meatless Monday family, and let me just tell you, this hearty and delicious soup will not have you missing the meat! I threw a toasty piece of cheesy bread in the middle and The Hubster LOVED IT.)   It is loaded with fiber, protein, and DELICIOUSNESS, and it is inexpensive and EASY, too.  So sing along to the Cabbage & White Bean Soup Song!!

CABBAGE & WHITE BEAN SOUP

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extra virgin olive oil (evoo)

1 small onion, chopped

4 cloves garlic, minced

2 small carrots, sliced thinly

1 small head green cabbage, chopped coarsely

1/2 container grape tomatoes, diced

2 cans cannellini (navy) beans

 1 container power greens (or 5 oz spinach, kale or other greens)

2 containers vegetable broth (it's Meatless Monday, after all!)

sea salt

pepper

2 tbs cumin

1 tbs nutmeg

Coat the bottom of a heavy soup pot (see notes) with the evoo on medium-high heat.  Toss in the onion, garlic, carrots and cabbage, adding sprinkling the sea salt and pepper over it, and then adding remaining spices, and cook until brown, stirring every once in a while.  Add tomatoes and broth, turning down your heat to low.  Cover and let simmer for 20 minutes.  Turn heat back to medium and add beans and power greens.  Cook until power greens are just wilted.  Add more sea salt and pepper to taste.

NOTES:  I used my cast-iron Dutch oven to make this soup (I use it for practically everything!),  but any heavy soup pot will do.  As you can see, I try to use organic ingredients whenever possible for clean eating, but this recipe is actually a take on Italian Peasant Soup, so organic is not necessary for this to be flavorful.  Now, I added the cheesy toasty in the middle and some extra cheese on the actual soup, but for low-carb eating, just omit!