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Pumpkin Coconut soup for cozy fall days

This is such an easy soup to throw together & is the perfect October mood.

You can make it with bone broth (my rec) or vegetarian with vegetable stock. Either way, it’s loaded with goodness. Pumpkin puree is loaded with antioxidants & polyphenols for healthy cells.

Benefits of bone broth: I usually just start with an organic rotesserie chicken & simmer it down in water for 3-4 hours, until the broth is thick & jiggly, then remove the bones. Bone broth is incredible for gut & skin health (collagen) & is what our bodies crave & need during these transition months to colder winter days.

I used my favorite new Le Creuset & it simplified the process & made it that much more enjoyable to see it simmering on the stove while we lit our first fire of the season & curled up with the kids.

Ingredients

*3-5 cups of bone broth or vegetable broth (depending on how thick you like your soups)

*2 cans organic pumpkin puree (15 oz)

*2 cups coconut milk (15 oz can)

*4 carrots, chopped

*3 large cloves garlic, pressed/crushed

*1 bell pepper, finely chopped

*1 jalepeno/spicy pepper

*1/3 c brown sugar

*1 medium white onion

*4-6 large sage leaves, finely chopped

*Salt & pepper to taste

*optional parsley for garnish

Directions

*Chop veggies & herbs & throw them into the pot on medium high for 5 minutes until soft

*Blend the puree & broth & brown sugar in a separate bowl, then pour into the pot with chopped veggies

*Slowly pour coconut milk in, while stirring

*Simmer for 30 min to 1 hour, garnish with parsley and serve with fresh bread

Bon Appetit!!!

xx

maddy

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Home-made coconut cold brew ice-cream

You guys. This is SO good. I made peach icecream a few weeks back and got re-acquainted with my kitchen-aid attachment for icecream. BEST gift that I had on my wedding registry–you know, the obscure thing that you think you won’t use, or don’t use…well I’m using it 🙂

I do have the best childhood memories of making ice-cream with an old-fashioned ice-cream maker, the rock salt, hours of churning it on the back porch of my cousins’ house (there were alot of us so we took turns and it went OK–but I remember that it disappeared in an instant!). When I was looking up recipes to inspire my peach ice-cream with freshly picked peaches, I ran into a coffee ice cream recipe, and just left it open, bookmarked in my phone (one of my ways of remembering/noting to come back to something–anyone else?). Anyway, this is entirely my own creation, because low and behold, Trader Joes happens to have this incredible coconut cold brew concentrate. As soon as I saw that, I knew this would be happening.

I had thought about doing a non-dairy or vegan version of this, it would be pretty simple to do, but the intrigue of using egg yolks, and my obsession with sweeten condensed milk and coffee together (a thai combo that I’ve had before) just led me to keep it straightforward. I’ll suggest the substitutions, in case you need to make it vegan or dairy free.

Homemade Coconut Cold Brew Ice-cream.

*TJ’s coconut cold brew concentrate (I used like 1/4 cup, depends on how strong you want the coffee flavor to be)

*1 can sweetened condensed milk (could use coconut cream to make it vegan)

*1 can evaporated milk (see above)

*2 egg yolks, lightly beaten (skip for vegan)

*1/4 cup raw sugar

*1.5 cup heavy cream or regular milk (use a coconut-almond milk instead like the califia one, for dairy free)

*1/4 c to 1/2 c flaked coconut

That’s it!! Crazy, right? If you have the kitchenaid mixer, just throw all the ingredients in with the pre-frozen bowl (freeze for 24 hours first), and let it mix for 20+ minutes (we were outside in the sprinkler while it was happening. Classic summer afternoon).

Then, place bowl in freezer and try to patiently wait. I was dipping my spoon and getting samples as it hardened and was just blown away by the flavor…

Warning to the wise: I think the caffeine in the cold brew made me stay up crazy late the first night I made it (I had a big helping after dinner, and I normally have little to no caffeine ;))…but SO worth it.

Let me know how you love it, and who you’re with when you enjoy it. Summer moments like these will live on in our memories for a long time.

And hop on my email list (above) for more of this delivered right to you—soon we’ll be focused on healthy kids back to school, healthy fall routines, recipes, and more…but for now…enjoy summer to the last moment!

xx

maddy