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Thai Lullaby Trimmy Bisque

SERENE CHATS: Soothing, comforting, and creamy dreamy, this Trimmy Bisque sings a Thai lullaby over you as it goes down like warm, liquid velvet. You might think it’s contradictory to use the word “lullaby” in a dinner brewed with green tea, but this delicately Thai-kissed dinner tastes and feels like a bowl of consoling restfulness. Taste and experience it for yourself. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people. This recipe is found in the "Big Eats Soups" section of Trim Healthy Table Cookbook, on page 186.

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SERENE CHATS: Soothing, comforting, and creamy dreamy, this Trimmy Bisque sings a Thai lullaby over you as it goes down like warm, liquid velvet. You might think it’s contradictory to use the word “lullaby” in a dinner brewed with green tea, but this delicately Thai kissed dinner tastes and feels like a bowl of consoling restfulness. Taste and experience it for yourself. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people. This recipe is found in the "Big Eats Soups" section of Trim Healthy Table Cookbook, on page 186.

Ingredients
  • 3 1/2 oz fresh ginger (3 1/2- 4 ounce knob of fresh ginger; coarsely diced, you should end up with just shy of a ½ cup loosely packed ginger pieces)
  • 12 oz frozen broccoli (one-12 ounce bag frozen broccoli florets)
  • 12 oz frozen cauliflower (one- 12-ounce bag frozen cauliflower florets)
  • 2 cups frozen peas
  • 3 large rainbow bell peppers (red, orange, and yellow)
  • 1 large onions (diced)
  • 6 cloves fresh garlic (minced)
  • 1 cup snow peas (optional)
  • 1 cup mushrooms (sliced)
  • 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (pull back a tad if you are not a heat lover)
  • 4 ITO EN green tea bags (4-6 ITO green tea bags; sencha/matcha blend; see page 178 for where to get this)
  • 32 oz water (boiling water or 1 quart cold water for reduced-caffeine cold-brewing)
  • 2 Tbs extra virgin coconut oil
  • 2 Tbs TH Just Gelatin
  • 1 1/2 Tbs TH Integral Collagen (1 scoop, optional)
  • 1/4 tsp sunflower lecithin (optional, but preferred)
  • 15 oz full-fat coconut milk (one 15 ounce can full-fat coconut milk)
  • 3 Tbs TH Baobab Boost Powder (optional)
  • 1 Tbs mellow miso (yellow or white)
  • 1 Tbs fish sauce
  • 2 Tbs soy sauce
  • 4 doonks TH Pure Stevia Extract Powder
  • 2 tsp TH Mineral Salt
  • 1 lemons (use the juice of one lemon)
  • 1 Tbs rice vinegar (optional)
  • 1/2 Tbs onion powder
  • Choice of Protein - Thai Lullably Trimmy Bisque (See Recipe Notes below for protein options)
  • 21 oz konjac noodles
  • 1 handful fresh basil (fresh basil leaves, coarsely cut and bruised between your hands, optional but delicious)
Instructions
  1. 1

    Place the cold water in a blender with the ginger pieces and blend on low for a minute. Pour it through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl and press the ginger to get all the ginger juice out. Place this juice in a soup pot along with the broccoli, cauliflower, peas, bell peppers, onion, garlic, snow peas (if using), mushrooms, and red pepper flakes.

  2. 2

    Brew your tea hot in the boiling water (or cold in 1 quart cold water) and let it steep for 3 to 5 minutes. Squeeze out the tea bags and pour the tea into your soup pot. Cover, bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until the veggies are tender.

  3. 3

    Time for your Trimmy blend: Ladle out 1 cup of the veggie water (trying not to catch any veggies) and add it to a blender. Add the core Trimmy ingredients—oil, gelatin, collagen (if using), and lecithin (if using)—the coconut milk, baobab powder (if using), miso, fish sauce, soy sauce, stevia powder, salt, lemon juice, rice vinegar (if using), and onion powder. Hold the lid down tightly while you whiz until smooth. Pour it into the pot. Add the diced chicken breast, noodles, and fresh basil (if using). Taste and adjust the flavors to “own it.”

Note

Recipe Notes

From Trim Healthy Table:

MAKE A FAMILY MEAL:

  • For the weight-loss plan, this is perfect with a side of Thai-Kissed Cucumber Salad (page 268).
  • Steamed jasmine brown rice is a lovely accompaniment for those members in the family needing to have a Crossover meal.

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Protein Options:

  • 4 to 5 cups diced cooked chicken breasts or thighs, see page 45 for cooking methods.
  • Pulled rotisserie chicken
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