Soup, Solitude and Music. (Vegan Curried tomato, cabbage, carrot and power green soup) (complete with playlist)

​I’m on soup 4 on my journey. So far it’s been a journey of what’s on hand, using up odds and ends in the fridge and pantry. Tight budget yada yada…

 ​Mom has been gone over a week now. My routine is pretty much the same, just a bit lonely. I come home put on something warm and cozy, make, or heat up some soup. I Watch some Netflix, with the cat, listen to some music and go to bed. One day runs into the next. I try not to think too much. I had a wonderful Naturopath in Seattle that once told me that my mind was like a Porsche, constantly racing…. I needed to slow it down. Lately I’ve been stewing (bad soup joke?) on life choices. Try as I may, I have a bad track record. My choices always seem a good idea at the time, whichever job I take on, man I date, or even have a crush on, outfits, bangs… (What was I thinking with the bangs?!). ​“Blame it on my ADD baby” (The first awolnation album was epic btw)

​Maybe one day I’ll figure out life… I’m almost 40 though… so… I guess I’ll just keep trying.
You win some you lose some.  Cooking is like that too… Soup 3 was ok… just ok. It was a chicken, black bean, sweet potato, corn Mexican inspired type soup… nothing remarkable.. pretty, colorful and that's about all you can say about it. Not really worth writing out. 

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Nights like tonight I wish I had a boyfriend, just for the desire to come home and curl up under a blanket and be held and watch a movie while holding hands. I used to long for wild passion, someone to sweep me off my feet in some great romance (I suppose I still have moments where I have that thought), but mostly anymore I long for companionship, someone to share space with comfortably. Someone to kiss my forehead and run his fingers through my hair and tell me it’s going to be ok and remind me that I’m ok. 

​Lacking a boyfriend or sadly even a flirtation at the moment (repeat poor choices and add neurotic behavior and large doses awkward communication because I’ve apparently forgotten how to flirt and have completely scared away the last guy that even remotely showed an interest ::shrugs::).. 

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Tea and soup is my comfort. Soup 4 happens to be another vegan offering and it is to me like a hug in a bowl and incredibly healthy. I love Indian Food… we don’t have it in Kalispell. Ayurvedic health has always been interesting to me, health through food and herbs. The four power spices in this soup are so beneficial and flavorful.
Curry is a power spice, boosts the immune system, fights bacterial infections, and inflammation, aids digestion, and many more positive effects, and it’s delicious.
Hing which is also beneficial for stomach and respitory ailments, headaches, menstrual issues and other problems.
Fennel Seeds fight digestion problems, reduces inflammation, aids in concentration, boosts immunity.
 Fennugreek is great for the heart, fights diabetes, also fights inflammation and is great for your kidneys and liver. 

Vegan curried tomato, cabbage
​and power green soup.
 
2 ½ Cups Green Cabbage – Medium chopped.
(high in B vitamins, calcium, iron, protein, potassium and fiber)
2 Carrots - sliced
 (high in antioxidants, fights heart disease, lowers blood pressure, aids digestion and antiseptic and antibacterial)
½ Onion – Medium Chopped
1 TB Garlic
3 Cups Taylor Farms Organic Power Greens – combo of spinach, mizuna, chard, kale and carrots (high in vitamins, calcium and magnesium)
2 cans organic tomato sauce
(high in vitamins, fiber and antioxidants)
1 ½ TB Better than Boullion Vegetable Base
1 ½ TB Curry Powder
½ TB Fennel Seeds
1 tsp Hing
1 tsp Fennugreek
2 ½ Cups water
Salt and Pepper to taste
 
 
Sauté the onions in the pot until they start to turn translucent. Add the Carrots, Cabbage and garlic and cook until veggies start to soften. Mix in power greens and stir until they start to wilt. Add Vegetable base, and spices and stir till well combined and fragrant. Add in Tomato sauce and water and stir. Simmer for several hours stirring occasionally. Once again I made this the day before letting it cook for several hours, then cool and sit in the fridge then warmed up for dinner the next day. (soups are pretty much always better the next day in my opinion)
 

Its bright and beautiful and delicious. You can enjoy it in solitude or not but it goes great with my Sia Pandora station​ (which lately is my station of choice).