Souptober: Ginger Carrot Soup

Asian soup! It was wonderful and souptacular! I had never had ginger carrot soup before so I went to the ol' reliable allrecipes.com

I chose the first option and based my soup off that recipe

My Recipe
1 small white onion, chopped
1-2 Tbsp olive oil
4 inch by 2 inch cut of fresh ginger, grated
1.25 pounds shaved carrots, cut in similar sized pieces
2 c. Trader Joe's chicken broth
1-2 c. water
1/2 c. half & half
1/2 tsp cumin
dash of cayenne

Instructions:
Cook onion in olive oil on low, grate ginger into the pot.
Shave (peel) carrots, cut and place into pot.
Cook for a few minutes, pour in chicken broth and one cup of water.
Cook with lid for 20-30 minutes.
Add 1/2 cup of water.
Cook with lid until carrots are soft.
Add final 1/2 cup of water.
In batches of 3 puree the soup in a blend.
Once everything is pureed pour in the half & half and cumin.
Serve with a dash of cayenne.

Beautiful fall color of orange! Oh and souper delish!

I had two customers (friends ;) Olivia & Trent) over for dinner. I also prepared a thai rice noodle dish to accompany it. I can't wait to do it again tomorrow!

This was Souptober: Ginger Carrot Soup. Stay tuned for more Souperful Soups!

Andie's Kitchen: Keeping no Profit

I started Andie's kitchen for my friends because I Love to cook, with a capital L. However, I think that some people think that I am starting this so that I can make a little pocket money. I just wanted to take a moment and say that any money that is given to me will pay specifically for what was provided, and in the rare case that there is left over money (aka profit), I want everyone to know that I plan to donate it to the Captured by a Dream fundraiser that I am hosting.

Captured by a Dream fundraiser is going to be a multi-faucet fundraiser that brings awareness to the growing needs of people who are homeless and sex-trafficed. I am starting this fundraiser mainly to raise money for a specific city that has a huge need, Iquitos, Peru. There is a church located there that's mission is to reach out to the poor, needy, despised, and rejected. They are currently trying to raise funds to build a women's home that will house 40 people, the women and their children. These women have been raised to be prostitutes, also known as sex-trafficed, and some of them are homeless, drug addicts. They all deserve a chance for redemption.

This is a young prostitute girl that is about to have a baby, she is currently waiting with the missionaries for a house to be built. There are many more girls like her. They want a chance to get out of the world they were told they had to live in.

The fundraiser does not want to stop with the immediate needs of this home, its goal is to raise money to support buying beds and supplies, and to build children homes for the kids that are abandoned and thrown to the streets to live. Many as young as 8 years old. It's truly tragic.

You might be curious why I would want to help another country before my own and I want to stop you right there. For every $6 raised, $1 will go directly into the Charlotte ministries for homeless and sex-trafficed women.

I am currently working on making the official website for this fundraiser. The biggest part of the fundraiser will be a Masquerade Ball in January, and tickets will be going on sale within the next month. So, be on the look out. A Facebook page will be made shortly with some details.

If you know of any way that I can talk to some public and private schools about having the classes raise support to support the children that do not have homes both here and in Peru, please let me know.

The goal of this fundraiser is $250,000. So, please partner with me if you are able. Let's together fight Satan's attack on the hopeless, let's give them hope.

If you do not want soup from me or anything else that I provide, but you would like to send a donation for the cause please contact me at anurban.88@gmail.com

Thank you.

That was Andie's Kitchen: Keeping no Profit. Please stay tuned for more from Andie's Kitchen!

Souptober: Wedding Soup

Tonight I embarked on my month long soups adventure with the delicious Italian Wedding Soup.

I was telling my mom about how I was planning to make it tonight, constantly asking what all the ingredients that I needed. (I had previously looked up recipes, but there's just something about having mom's - especially when it had been a VERY long time).

Nostalgia set in both of us and she decided she was going to make the soup too. Since she was going to make it, we might as well pull forces and all eat together.

So, I arrived at my house to contribute the fresh spinach I had bought for this delicious meal. My mom already had the meatballs in the oven to get them brown to be placed in the soup. I pulled them out and placed them in the soup, cut up some dark green spinach, rinsed it and threw that in also. And, magic happened the spinach turned a bright green! (This can be explained by science and chemicals, but it was just so pretty I decided not to try to remember the reasons).

I cut some red onion and threw those in too just for a little fresh crunch, since the soup was almost ready.

We served the soup with round wheat rolls and shaved Parmesan cheese. It was truly SOUPTASTIC!

RECIPE
>This is a rough guess because we just cook, we don't actually follow recipes to a T when we know them already<
4 back ribs
boiling water
1 lb ground beef
Parmesan cheese
oats
nutmeg
1 egg
1/2 white onion, chopped
1/2 cup frozen spinach
parsley
2 cups chopped fresh spinach
1/4 red onion, chopped
salt, pepper, and garlic to taste
Parmesan cheese for the top

Instructions:
Boil the ribs to make a rich beef broth.
Once boiled for about an hour or two, place in white onion, frozen spinach and parsley.
Mix together the ground beef, Parm cheese, oats, egg and nutmeg to make meatballs.
Roll the meatballs, either bake or pan sear them.
Place into the broth.
Cut fresh spinach, rinse, place into soup.
Cut red onion, place into soup.
Wait approximately 10 minutes.
Serve with Parmesan cheese and whole wheat bread. (If you prefer noodles you can use noodles as well)

This was Souptober: Wedding Soup! Stay tuned to know more about my Souptastic month!