Not-So-Hungarian Mushroom Soup

[shanmonster]

I'm on the Whole30 challenge right now, which cuts dairy, legumes, and grain out of my diet. So when I saw this recipe for Hungarian Mushroom Soup I thought, Damn. That looks mighty tasty.

So today I decided to make it Whole30 friendly.

It was delicious.

Here's what I did:

4 tablespoons coconut oil
2 cups chopped onions
1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
2 teaspoons dried dill weed
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon coconut aminos (basically coconut sap. Takes the place of soy sauce)
2 cups broth (I used homemade turkey stock, but I'm sure veggie or chicken would work, too)
1 cup coconut milk
3 tablespoons ground almonds
ground black pepper to taste
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/2 cup coconut milk

• Melt the coconut oil in a large pot over medium heat.
  
• Sauté onions in this for 5 minutes.
  
• Add mushrooms and sauté another 5 minutes.
  
• Stir in dill, paprika, coconut aminos, and broth. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.
  
• In a small bowl, mix coconut milk and ground almonds together. Add to soup and stir well to blend. Cover and simmer for 15 more minutes, stirring occasionally.
  
• Stir in ground black pepper, lemon juice, parsley, and the rest of the coconut milk. Mix together and allow to heat through over low heat, about 3 to 5 minutes. Do not boil. Serve immediately.

It was delicious.

Comments

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Sounds scrumptious!

How're you feeling so far on the Whole30? Noticing any changes yet?

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

The food is good, but I honestly don't feel any different. The only thing I noticed is I poop more! Hehehehe....

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Maybe you're one of the lucky ones with no food intolerances!

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know I have food intolerances. It's just that I already wasn't eating those things. I've already pared down my diet a lot from the way I used to eat in my 20s and 30s. This Whole30 isn't an enormous change. It's not like I live on Kraft Dinner, Chef Boyardee, and Hamburger Helper, or anything like that. And I used to be on a gluten-free diet years ago (the doctor thought I might have celiac disease. I don't), so going grain-free was an easy transition. Also, I made almost all my own food from scratch in the first place.

I don't eat potatoes or rice often, anyhow, so that wasn't much of a change. Same thing with beans. Beans often (although not always) give me horrid cramping. Chickpeas and peanuts don't bother me at all, though, so I'll be going back to hummus and peanut butter when I'm through the challenge. And you can bet I'll be having a nice cold beer if quitting day is a hot one. ;)

I'm really noticing no difference at all, energy- or performance-wise. I haven't weighed or measured myself, but I don't see any difference when I look in the mirror. My clothes fit the same as before, too.

The weirdest thing was on the very first day, I was suddenly craving all sorts of things I don't eat, anyway: stuff like potato chips, onion rings, french fries, pop, etc. I guess it was the psychological aspect of wanting the forbidden. Weird.

I'm going back to putting milk and sugar in my coffee once I'm through. I can stomach black coffee, but I sure do prefer it with the adornments. But I'll be using coconut milk even more often than I did before for other things. I already used it for baking, but I've discovered it's delicious in stuff like smoothies and on fruit salads and such, too.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Coconut milk is SOOOOO GOOD.

[kiaramoon.livejournal.com]

Ooh trying this!

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Yay! I hope you like it as much as I did.