1 onion finely chopped
8 cups chicken broth
2 Tsp fresh basil chopped
1 Tsp fresh cilantro chopped
2 cups of mushrooms, sliced
1 bay leaf
1 tsp olive oil
2 carrots, sliced
Place the chicken broth in a large pan. Add the bay leaf and bring to a boil.
Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the mushrooms,
and season with salt and pepper (exclude the salt if the broth has salt).
Continue reading “Delicious Mushroom and Carrot Soup”
Bird nest soup is a unique nutritious delicacy savored by people mostly in South-East Asia and several other parts of the world. The soup is made from the nests of Swiftlets and it’s a natural source of several nutrients including protein. But, preparing the soup often seem like a tough task to some people, especially those trying to do so for the first time.
Regardless of how you choose to prepare the soup, preparing the nest for cooking follow similar process. Here they are:
Measure: place the desired amount of bird nest you intend to cook in a soup bowl. The bowl should be large enough to give the nest some space to expand during soaking. While measuring the actual amount to prepare is a bit tricky, to cook a rice bowl for dessert you may need 6-7 grams of nest.
Soak: carefully place the nest in cool boiled water to soak. Ensure the entire nest is submerged in water to allow it expand accordingly.
Sift: after you observed that the nest is fully soaked and has expanded, pour the water away by using sift or a double layered filter to prevent the nest from floating off with the water. Continue reading “How To Prepare Bird Nest Soups And Thumbprint Cookies”
Just like the fashion industry, the food industry has its trends. What’s trending now? These vegetables are grabbing the limelight–Brussles sprouts, kale, and cauliflower. Recipes for these vegetables are popping up everywhere, on the Internet, in magazines, newspapers, and even conversation. If you haven’t tried this trio before, you may be hesitant to do so.
But your grandmother and mother were right when they proclaimed, “Eat your vegetables. They’re good for you!” Vegetables contain vitamins and minerals that are essential for good health.
According to the Self Nutrition Data website, cauliflower contains 25 calories per serving, three grams of fiber, two grams of sugar, and two grams of protein. It also contains vitamins A, C, K, folate, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and potassium. Continue reading “Cream of Cauliflower Soup With Curry”
Healthy, Tasty, Delightful and So Much More
Animal bones contain several nutrients including healthy fats, proteins, calcium and so much more! Unlike a few of our animal counterparts, humans cannot really break open the bones with our teeth. So, we have devised our own convenient method of making use of the nutrients present in the bone. And, yes broth is one of those convenient and of course, tasty ways of making the most of the nutritional benefits of bones. Cooked deliciously and served easy, there was a time when bone soup was prepared in most of the American homes almost every day.
Why people still love it and more
People still love it owing to its delicious taste. And the bones themselves have a wide array of benefits to offer. For instance, sipping down delicious organic bone broth on a wintry evening remains a source of relief for those suffering from a cough and cold. Even if you’re not suffering from a cold, bone broth can act as a soothing and beneficial food. At times, even your physician might recommend stock for you. Bone broth contains cysteine, which is an amino acid. It is very effective in offering you relief from a cold since it leads to the thinning of mucus in your lungs and facilitates easy breathing. Continue reading “Organic Bone Broth”
Minnesota has been in a deep freeze for months, with temperatures of 20 below zero and wind chills a startling 45-50 below. Though the evening television news is packed with stories about frozen pipes, the broadcasts haven’t mentioned frost bite or frozen tummies. However, the newscasts urge parents to bundle up their children and protect their skin.
During weather like this parents tend to feed their children comfort food like soup. Sandwiches often accompany the soup of choice. I ate lots of soup when I was a child and still enjoy it.
An early riser (5 a.m. or even 4 a.m.) I’m ready for lunch around 10:15. The other day I longed for homemade soup, but didn’t have time to start from scratch. So I opened a can of cream of chicken soup. Canned soup has several advantages. First, it’s quick. Second, the manufacturer has spent years on product development. Third, the manufacturer strives for a consistent product. Continue reading “Yes, You Can Make Canned Soup Taste Like Homemade!”
Several plants are commonly known as Gold Coin Grass, including Desmodium styracifolium, Glechoma hederaea and Lysimachia christinae, These plants are not closely related but they bear a superficial resemblance to one another since their leaves look like gold coins. GCG most often refers to Desmodium styracifolium, which originates from Asia. It provides significant health benefits, and is typically consumed in the form of a tea or tincture.
Overview
GCG is native to East Asian countries such as China, Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos and Vietnam. It is most common in grasslands at low altitudes, typically below 1,000 meters. GCG is commercially cultivated in China, especially Fujian, Hainan and Guangdong provinces.
GCG is not a true grass and typically looks like a small shrub. It can reach a height of one meter and has small flowers that grow in clusters. GCG plants have flowers of both sexes, which bloom during the summer. The leaves are shaped like ovals or circles with a diameter of less than two inches. The branches are covered with hairs that may be white or yellow in color. Continue reading “Gold Coin Grass Tea”
I have just made some chickpea soup which can also double up as a dip, so I thought I’d share it with you. I took some liberties with a traditional Greek dish and it seems I have created something that can be eaten as a heart-warming soup on chilly evenings (or days for that matter) and could also be served just as hummus is. It isn’t at all expensive to make, if you use dried chickpeas, rather than those that come in cans, and it’s certainly healthy. You can add fresh coriander to this dish for extra taste, and perhaps an inch of ginger root, minced, for its flavour and health-giving properties. Here it is: I hope you enjoy it! (In US English, chickpeas are garbanzo beans.)
Chickpea Soup
Vegetables are in no doubt the healthiest food in the planet. We all need a hefty serving of the food group everyday to keep out bodies healthy, well-functioning and to ward off diseases. Unfortunately, no matter the good benefits of vegetables, many of us have discriminating tastes that vegetables cannot surpass especially kids. They are the population who runs for their lives whenever their parents make them eat one.
So how do you make vegetables more pleasing to eat? Try making it into minestrone. Vegetable minestrone is an Italian dish that means the big soup in English loaded with tons of vegetable servings. It is a thick Italian soup heavily laden with healthy vegetables and often served with rice or pasta. It can be made like a full-pledge vegetarian with ingredients containing vegetables alone or for the carnivores you can add meat or meat-based broth for the soup. Continue reading “Healthy and Delicious: Vegetable Minestrone”
One of the most loved comfort foods are soups. As winters are approaching one just needs a bowl of hot soup which brings in full energy to your body
The hot and scrumptious soups beat the cold wave simply with its steam. Soups can be made with meat, chicken and seafood which provides the much-needed protein in the form of broth which is the main or supplementary ingredient. The vegetables, herbs and spices which contain vitamins and anti-oxidants enrich soup with its medicinal properties. In fact, soups rich with herbs and ingredients are often prescribed to patients which can cure their illness or sickness. That’s why often chicken soup and vegetable soup is given to those who have cold and flu.
Broths are generally prepared by boiling specific ingredients which can suit your soup recipes. For preparing a chicken soup, there is need to boil either the whole chicken, its bones or just parts of the chicken. Vegetables like onion, carrots, ginger, and garlic can also added into the stock for some more flavor. In the same manner beef, fish and also vegetable stocks can be prepared. Some other ingredients that can be added to the whole soup include pasta or noodles which are common Asian style soups. Continue reading “How Soups Are Energy Boosters?”
Lemon grass or the local tanglad (scientific name: Cymbopogon ciatrus) is one of those wondrous herbs that one can always associate with Asian cooking Thai, Malaysian and Vietnamese homegrown meal enthusiasts always have this tropical grass at hand for its aromatic citrus flavor with a trace of ginger. Few people know that its other popular name is citronella – the common scent you usually find in candles, perfumes and soaps.
Citronella is known for its calming effect that relieves insomnia or stress. It is also considered as a mild insect repellant. But more than scent, tanglad or lemon grass provides a lot of health benefits. Studies have shown that the lemon grass has antibacterial and antifungal properties. Mixed with pepper, it’s a home therapy for menstrual troubles and nausea. Drank as tea, it is an effective diuretic. When it comes to pets, citronella is used to neutralize excessive barking of dogs. Since dogs hate citronella, it is sprayed to dogs to prevent them from barking or just to lessen the behavior. Continue reading “Health Benefits of Lemon Grass”
