Soup Du Jour: Curried Zucchini

As some of you may be aware, this blog is dedicated to a whole jumble of random things.  I am not a beauty guru, but I do enjoy makeup.  I am not a professional photographer, but I do enjoy photography.  I am not a chef, but I do enjoy spending time in the kitchen.  In fact, the only thing I can speak on with much authority is classical ballet!

However, that's not going to stop me from sharing some bits and bops that I enjoy in my everyday life.  With that having been said, here is a delicious soup recipe that I threw together yesterday!

Ingredients:

• Zucchini
• Small onion
• Fresh garlic
• Olive oil
• Chicken broth (or whatever type of broth you would like)
• Spices- For this I used thyme and a curry blend, however I have used many other combinations with the same soup.  It is entirely up to you how to spice the soup!
• Coconut milk- optional (any milk would work, including unsweetened condensed milk or cream

Chop onion and one clove of garlic.  Don't worry about how fine you get these, everything will be blended together at the end.  Throw into pot with one shot of oil, and let sweat on medium heat.

 

While onions and garlic are cooking, shred the zucchini with a food processor or a cheese grater.  The idea it to get the pieces small enough where the cooking time is cut down dramatically.

Throw shredded zucchini into the pot with the onions and garlic and sauté on medium-high heat for about three minutes.

Pour enough broth into pot to barely cover the vegetables and add spices.  Let simmer for about an hour.  To reduce cooking time, add less broth.

Add coconut milk, and let simmer for another 10-15 minutes.

Blend together with hand blender or regular blender.

Enjoy!

The thing that I love most about this recipe is that it can be changed to create practically any kind of soup.  For example, instead of zucchini, one could use carrots! Instead of curry, one could use basil and oregano!  The milk is entirely optional as well!  The amount per serving is easily changed; one could adjust it for 12 people or 2!

Do you enjoy cooking?

-Fly high, little birds!