Cold Be Gone Soup!

 Cold Be Gone Soup!

It may not look like anything special, but this soup packs a zesty wallop and clears your head lickety-split! Get the tissues ready! 👍

Ingredients:

• 3 cups water
• 2 packets chicken or veggie broth paste or cubes
• 3 garlic cloves, sliced
• 2-3 small dried red chili peppers
• 1 mushroom, sliced
• 1/4 yellow squash or zucchini, sliced
• Handful cilantro leaves, ripped or chopped
• Fresh ground pepper
• Black pepper
• Hot curry powder
• Sweet curry powder
• Dried or crushed ginger
• Turmeric
• Ground coriander
• Onion powder
• 1/8 onion, sliced
• 1/2 Meyer lemon
• 1/2 lime
• 2 slices Roma tomato, chopped
• Handful garbanzo beans (+ oil for frying)

Directions:

1. Heat oil in a small pan. Add garbanzo beans and cook until slightly browned and soft. Set aside.
2. Bring water to a boil in a medium size pot.
3. Stir well while dissolving broth packets in water.
4. Add garlic slices. Tear chili peppers into pot.
5. Cover, return to a boil then lower to low-medium.
6. Add mushrooms, squash, and cilantro. Stir well.
7. Add generous sprinkles of all seasonings. Stir well. Make sure soup is simmering, not boiling.
8. Add onion, juice of the lime, tomato, and garbanzo beans.
9. Add juice of the lemon and all of the lemon skin (empty out the peel with a grapefruit spoon).
10. Continue cooking over low-medium heat until very fragrant. Sample and add additional lime/lemon or seasonings to taste. Enjoy!

THE PERFECT DIP (PEA HUMMUS)

THE PERFECT DIP (PEA HUMMUS)

It's healthy, it's easy, it's absolutely DELICIOUS!

It may not look like much, but it packs a flavor punch!

Ingredients:

1 cup fresh or frozen peas (thawed)
4 tablespoons walnuts
2 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
3-4 garlic cloves
1 1/2 tsp. olive oil
1 Tbsp. tahini
4-8 mint leaves
1/2 teaspoon salt (or less if using salty crackers like Ritz)
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a blender or food processor; process until smooth.  You may need to add a bit more olive oil or lemon juice to get the right consistency.

2.  Serve with your favorite crackers or veggies.

Notes:

*Perfect appetizer or potluck item.

*Great way to get kids to eat veggies (if they like garlic).

*Packed with nutrients and protein.

SUNSHINE LEMONADE

SUNSHINE LEMONADE

My daughter came up with this one...too good not to pass along!

Ingredients:
(Makes 2 servings)

4 lemons (enough to get almost 1 cup of juice)
2 Cuties (or other clementines)
1 cup sugar or powdered sugar
1 cup water

Directions:

1. Squeeze lemons and clementines.

2. Mix juice with sugar and water.

3. Stir well before each serving and serve over ice.

Notes:

*Kids can do the whole thing themselves, especially if you have a little electric squeezer.

*Those two little clementines make all the difference!