Miso-Tahini Soup

What an unusual and delightful little soup. I've been very interested recently in making use of the unique ingredients we have in our fridge. I noticed we had both tahini and miso going unused so I looked up ways to use them. Lo and behold, I found one recipe that used them both! How fortunate!

Introducing Miso-Tahini Soup: a quick to make soup with a delicate broth. I substituted quinoa for brown rice, but imagine rice would have been a pleasantly different texture among the otherwise soft ingredients. The soup has cooked turnip and delicata squash ladled over the rice. The broth is then poured over those ingredients. I substituted red miso for the white miso the recipe called for, using a bit less than suggested, and it turned out fine. Then the soup is topped with sliced avocado, green onion, sesame seeds and crumbled seaweed.

A nice way to mix things up and intrigue the palate.

http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/miso-tahini-soup-recipe.html

Fast Metabolism Diet: More recipes

So I'll say it again: this diet is too intense. It definitely wasn't healthy, at least for my mental wellbeing.

Despite that, I did make some pretty great food.

I made my second attempt at vegetarian meatballs and unfortunately once again fell a bit short.  I was short on breadcrumbs and didn't feel like making more. Big mistake, as they were too loose couldn't easily be formed into a ball. You really need all the breadcrumbs to bind it together. Yet despite all that they were still very tasty and I would recommend the recipe.. 

Cannellini Bean "Meatballs" 
http://www.cookincanuck.com/2011/11/cannellini-bean-vegetarian-meatballs-with-tomato-sauce-recipe/?m

This next recipe is one that I would make again in a heartbeat. So delicious! Homemade white bean hummus gets baked on top of zucchini, onion and eggplant with marinara sauce-so delicious! Never would have thought of that combination!

http://hayliepomroy.com/greek-eggplant-and-zucchini-with-white-beans/

Vegetarian tom yum

I wasn't crazy about this soup (probably just because I ate it for four meals in 2 days) but it was a good learning experience, as I used lemongrass and kafir leaves for the first time. The broth had a complex array of flavors. Wonderful ingredients! 

http://thaifood.about.com/od/vegetarianthairecipes/r/vegtomyum.htm