October 21, 2018–I have no idea what I was thinking. It was the first cold day we’ve had and I really wanted some soup. It didn’t help that I had some very ripe bananas, had just purchased a large quantity of meat and vegetables from the Dutch Country Farmer’s Market, and visited the H-Mart. My pantry, freezer, refrigerator were packed to the max. Living in Miami the past 3 years I had not had an opportunity to have soup. I decided I would make some Tom Kha Gai (chicken coconut soup) adapting a recipe from bon appétit.
Next soup up was a Carrot-Ginger Soup I learned how to make in a cooking class years ago. Ingredients. Check.
Now that the soups were out of the way I could move on to the meat. I started making the Cuban Pot Roast and Sun-dried Tomato and Feta Turkey Meatballs as part of a Keto Diet. Included in the meat package I picked up from the farmer’s market was ground turkey and a chuck roast. After browning the chuck roast I put it in a crockpot with a bunch of latin spices and herbs then allowed it to slow cook for 8 hours. The meat was so tender that if it were on a bone it would have fell off.
As I mentioned I also had a few ripe bananas and everyone knows that ripe bananas equals banana bread!
Although it was a VERY long day in the kitchen once the prep was done everything just kind of came together. I was also able to have a variety of meals for lunch and dinner thorough-out the entire week. Not sure I will do this again but you never know.
