A Tale of Two Soups: Thai Cauliflower & Red Curry Asparagus

Yes, we made soup again today. In this seemingly never ending wintry weather, we want cozy food.  Of course, I want light, cozy food, not traditional American comfort food which rather than comforting me, makes me feel like I have a rock in my stomach and pounds on my body.

So, Susannah helped me chop because there was a lot involved in this quick project.  She chopped watercress and asparagus because they were easy.  I chopped leeks which we then soaked in a big bowl of water so the dirt would sink to the bottom.  Then, I got through the onions, cauliflower and some garlic.

For the first soup, we put cauliflower, onions, a bay leaf, and a clove of garlic in a pot with water covering everything.  We cooked it until the cauliflower started to get soft, then added one can of organic reduced fat coconut milk, and a heaping spoon of World Foods red curry paste.  (Artisana raw coconut butter is a good addition to this as well but makes it a heavier filling meal). Pretty simple, we then blended it in stages, just half a blenderful at a time. We had made a lot of soup and steam can make things come exploding out of our blender...we have learned the hard way on various occasions...including burning my eyebrows just a  little in one small but thunderous explosion.  The Thai Cauliflower soup turned out very tasty, rich and creamy.  All five, reviewers gave it a big thumbs up.  Some added more curry paste to their bowls.

Then, we made our green version.  I wanted lots of vegetables so I sauteed onions, leeks and garlic with a little olive oil, not much, just wanted light soup.  Then, I added 3 bunches of watercress and one bunch of asparagus, wanting a very healthy asparagus soup.  I added water and covered it to let is steam until it was bright green, then I added the same Thai red curry paste but no coconut milk, just a simple flavorful vegetable soup.  Then, I went about the same tedious blending process, creating a rich dark green sensation.





I loved the green one, the others loved the cauliflower one.  Plenty left for dinner and maybe a few school lunches...