This Trimmy Bisque is blown in on the gusty trade winds of Moroccan spice ports. It is tangy and gorgeous and warms your soul as well as your body with its many healing spices. This recipe is found in the “Big Eats Soups” section of Trim Healthy Table Cookbook, page 191. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people.
Moroccan Trade Winds Trimmy Bisque
Description
This Trimmy Bisque is blown in on the gusty trade winds of Moroccan spice ports. It is tangy and gorgeous and warms your soul as well as your body with its many healing spices. This recipe is found in the "Big Eats Soups" section of Trim Healthy Table Cookbook, page 191. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people.
Ingredients
Instructions
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Place the lentils, water, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, parsley, tomatoes, ginger, spices, onion powder, and garlic powder (if using) in a soup pot. Cover, bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for about 40 minutes, or until the red lentils are super soft and mushy. You may need to stir occasionally to make sure nothing catches on the bottom. Remove from the heat.
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Now make the Trimmy: Ladle 1 cup of the hot lentil soup base into a blender. Add the core Trimmy ingredients—ghee, gelatin, collagen (if using), and lecithin (if using)—the lemon juice, miso, nutritional yeast, black pepper, habanero, and cottage cheese. Hold the lid down and Trimmy it up, smooth as silk, then scrape every drip back into your lentil pot. Now add the salt and chicken (if using) and stir super-duper well. Turn the heat back on and bring it to a perfect serving temperature. Taste and adjust the flavors to “own it.”
Note
SERENE CHATS:
In the days of Christopher Columbus, Morocco became a celebrated stopping point on the spice trade route between Europe and the Far East. In Moroccan cuisine, spices are tossed in with generous abandon, celebrated and mixed one upon the other to create deep and complex flavors. Like an artist with a colorful palette for one single picture, a Moroccan dish does not proclaim “less is more” when it comes to spices. Ras el hanout, the most celebrated Moroccan spice mixture, combines 27 spices to create its iconic flavor. Spices are actually delicious medicines that help protect your DNA, brain, liver, heart, pancreas, kidneys, and skin and promote overall vitality.
MAKE A FAMILY MEAL:
- For the weight-loss plan, this is delicious with crumbled toasted sourdough or sprouted-grain bread. Add a side salad with light dressing if you want.
- Crossover-stage family members can use heavy slabs of buttAH on the bread.
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Protein Options (See note below...):
- 2 cups 1% cottage cheese / 0% Greek yogurt and/or
- 4 to 5 cups diced cooked chicken breast (See page 45 of Trim Healthy Table for cooking methods.)
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NOTE: You can choose to eat this as a vegetarian dish or add some cooked chicken breast. If using both cottage cheese/0% Greek yogurt and chicken, use only 2 cups diced chicken.
