Just like everyone else in the world, January 1st marked the beginning of a new venture to try and eat a bit healthier at my house. My husband has been rockin’ it. Me… not so much. I’m trying. I’m really hoping to carve out 30 days to follow eating completely Whole30, but I seem to be finding excuses for delay. You definitely have to be in the right mindset to do it, and I’m not quite there yet. But this Thai Coconut Chicken Soup and recipes like it are a good start!
This recipe comes from a new cookbook by Melissa Hartwig (founder of the Whole30 program)- The Whole30 Cookbook: 150 Delicious and Totally Compliant Recipes to Help You Succeed with the Whole30 and Beyond. Whether you’re following the Whole30 way of eating or not, this book is full of recipes that will keep you on track for eating whole, healthy foods. Several well-known Paleo food bloggers and authors contributed recipes to this book. I’m very happy with this purchase!
The Whole 30 Cookbook
Here are several recipes I’ve bookmarked to make: Bacon- Spinach- Tomato Breakfast Salad, Mushroom- Leek- Spinach Frittata, Asian Beef Zoodle Soup, Beef and Sweet Potato Chili, Churrasco Skirt Steak with Cilantro Sauce, Grilled Lamb Chops and Fingerlings with Arugula Pesto, Shredded Pork Lettuce Wraps with Cashew- Coconut Cream Sauce, Italian Meatball Soup, Tomato- Coconut Curry with Chicken, Grilled Salmon with Cauliflower Couscous- Spinach Salad, Salmon- Avocado Salad, Shredded Sprout Slaw, Pan- Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Spinach Stuffed Mushrooms.
It’s also been cold as heck the last couple of weeks where I live, so soup has been a good idea. There is nothing like soup warming up the belly on a frigid day. This Thai Coconut Chicken Soup is a simple Thai soup that delivers multiple flavors of sweet (coconut milk), sour (lime juice), salty (fish sauce) and hot (chiles). Chunks of chicken add plenty of protein to the soup.
My husband usually objects to “soup” for dinner… something about it being a starter dish and wondering what I’m really serving for dinner. THIS SOUP changed all of that. The hubby declared it delicious and filling. It’s the perfect soup to serve as a satisfying main dish. Leftovers eaten for lunch the next day are a wonderful idea!
Here are a few more soup recipes you might enjoy:
Easy Cheeseburger Soup Many Veggie Vegetable Soup Roasted Chicken Noodle Soup Beef and Barley Soup Sweet Potato Soup Lemon Chicken Rice Soup Cauliflower Soup Loaded Potato Soup
