Sidebar Feature – Audrey's 74 A blog by Giulia Doyle Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:28:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.16 Watermelon and Red Grapefruit Agua Fresca /2015/07/22/watermelon-and-red-grapefruit-agua-fresca/ Wed, 22 Jul 2015 12:00:39 +0000 http://www.audrey74.com/?p=3804 Grapefruit Watermelon Giulia DoyleI saw this recipe on Sprouted Kitchen the other week. The combination intrigued me because I never thought of making watermelon juice. Why not, I wondered after – the perfect summer juice would be watermelon. Adding the sour notes of grapefruit and the ruby colours combined just made me want to try it even more. So I did on a hot, 30 plus degree Sunday. It was perfect! I had it straight up with ice and lime, Sarah adds sparkling water, which I’ll try next time and her suggestion for margaritas would be great if I was having people over for a summer party.

It’s sour, sweet, cold – perfect on a hot day!

Watermelon and Red Grapefruit Agua Fresca by Sprouted Kitchen

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes

Yield: About 1 liter

Ingredients

  • 2 red grapefruits, peeled
  • 1/2 small watermelon, cubed and peeled
  • 1 lime, cut in quarters
  • crushed ice
  • sparkling water, optional

Instructions

  1. With a juicer, juice the peeled grapefruit and lime. In a blender blend the peeled watermelon. Stir together to mix. Add more lime to taste.
  2. As an agua fresca, enjoy cold over ice by pouring it over a sieve to remove the watermelon pulp. Add a splash of sparkling water if you wish.
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 Grapefruit Watermelon Giulia Doyle

 

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Mango, Raspberry and Orange Smoothie /2015/04/15/mango-raspberry-and-orange-smoothie/ Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:12:08 +0000 http://www.audrey74.com/?p=3639 Mango Smoothie Giulia DoyleThe sun came out this weekend and the temperature rose to non-jacket weather. Windows are open at our house, we moved our patio furniture into the yard, took our bikes out for a ride and celebrated with this sunshine in a glass.

Smoothies are so fast and easy and you don’t really need a recipe. Just grab some fruit – frozen or fresh – add them to a blender with some yogurt, juice or coconut water and blend. Add veggies if you want, especially if you want to sneak in some extra goodness. This one was just made as a morning treat – no need to sneak it vegetables, protein or fiber.

What’s your favourite smoothie?

Mango, Raspberry and Orange Smoothie

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Yield: 2 - 3

Ingredients

  • 1 banana
  • 1/2 cup fresh or frozen mango
  • 1/2 cup fresh raspberries
  • 1 orange, peeled
  • 1/2 cup of coconut water
  • 1/4 cup of plain greek yogurt
  • 2 ice cubes if using fresh mango

Instructions

  1. Blend all ingredients until smooth. Add extra coconut water or water if you want consistency a bit more liquid.
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Mango Smoothie Giulia Doyle

 

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Yellow Curry Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut Milk /2014/02/17/yellow-curry-sweet-potato-soup-with-coconut-milk/ Mon, 17 Feb 2014 10:48:27 +0000 http://www.audrey74.com/?p=2640 curried sweet potato soup Audrey'sIt’s still cold around here, lot’s of snow on the ground and below freezing temperatures. Adding a little bit of heat to our soup, seemed like a good idea.

This turned out to be a perfect velvety soup with lots of depth, just the right amount of heat, creaminess from the coconut milk and a bit of brightness from the lime and mint. This recipe is incredibly easy and adapts simply if you are a vegetarian by omitting the fish sauce and using vegetable broth. Serve it hot, or even at room temperature, which makes it perfect to bring to work on a busy day.

*I’ve been nominated in two categories for the Homies award – here and here. I would love it if you would vote for me and move me up that long list a little ;). Thank you!

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Yellow Curry Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut Milk

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Yield: Serves 4-6

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
  • 1/2 yellow onion, chopped
  • 1 clove of garlic, minced
  • 1-2 tablespoons of store-bought yellow curry paste (depending on how hot you like things)
  • 1 tablespoon of minced ginger
  • About 2 lbs of sweet potatoes (6 cups), peeled and cubed
  • 2 kafir lime leaves (optional)
  • 1 can of coconut milk
  • 4-6 cups of chicken stock
  • 1 tablespoon of fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon of coconut sugar or brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of lime juice
  • Chopped Cilantro
  • Mint leaves
  • Chopped green onions

Instructions

  1. In a large stockpot, heat vegetable oil on medium heat. Add onion and garlic until onion is soft, 1-2 minutes. Don't brown the onion or garlic. Add curry paste and ginger and combine well with onion and garlic.
  2. Add cubed sweet potato and stir until covered in curry/ginger mixture. Add kafir leaves if using. Add coconut milk and stock until sweet potatoes are covered with liquid. Bring to a boil. Turn down heat to medium and cover. Let simmer 20-25 minutes until sweet potatoes are soft and break apart when squished with a spoon.
  3. Tun off heat and let cool slightly and remove kafir leaves. With an immersion blender or a mixer, blend until soup is a creamy consistency. Add more stock if you like your soup more liquid. If using a mixer, blend in batches and watch out for the hot liquid and steam.
  4. Once you have the consistency you like, put back in pot. Stir in fish sauce, coconut sugar and lime juice. Serve in bowls and garnish with cilantro, mint and green onions.
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Roasted Red Pepper Soup with Quinoa Salsa /2014/01/13/roasted-red-pepper-soup-with-quinoa-salsa/ Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:42:38 +0000 http://www.audrey74.com/?p=2472 Roasted Red Pepper Soup Audrey'sI like winter in limited amounts. I love the look of fluffy snow on fields, kids throwing snowballs and toboganing down a hill. I also love taking a  nice walk in the snowy woods on a cold sunny day, as long as I’m dressed properly. But – and this is a big but, I will always choose summer over winter, sand over snow, shorts over snow pants. So these past couple of weeks have been challenging – this is not the fun, let’s play out in the snow winter. This is the deep freeze, hard as rock snow banks and dangerous walking conditions kind of winter. The coldest winter in 10 years  – and I don’t like it!

To counteract the January winter blahs, I decided to make a colourful and vitamin rich soup. Roasted Red Pepper soup with some added bulk and protein from a delicious quinoa/avocado salsa. This meal is healthy, satisfying, warms you up and a adds a bit of colour to a dreary day.  Doesn’t this pop of red make you happy?

Roasting the peppers is a little tedious, so next time I’d double the recipe to make the effort worth it. This soup warmed up really well, perfect to take with you to work. Now, off to scrape some more ice off my walkway.Roasted Red Pepper Soup Audrey's

Roasted Red Pepper Soup with Quinoa Salsa - from Meatless Cookbook

Yield: Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 yellow onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, sliced
  • Pinch of red pepper flakes
  • 4 red bell peppers, roasted and quartered
  • 3 cups of vegetable stock
  • coarse salt
  • 1 cup cooked quinoa
  • 1/4 cup of red onion, diced
  • 1 firm, ripe avocado, diced
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves
  • Lime wedges, for serving

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add yellow onions, garlic, and red pepper flakes and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender - 6-8 minutes. Add roasted peppers and stock. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
  2. Let cool slightly. Working in batches, puree soup in a blender until smooth, being careful not to fill jar more than halfway. Reheat after blending and season genereously with salt.
  3. In a small bowl, mix together quinoa, red onion, avocado and cilantro. Season with salt. To serve, divide soup among 4 bowls, top with quinoa salsa, and squeeze with lime.

Notes

Roast your peppers by putting them on the BBQ or direct flame of your gas stove. Keep turning until skins are charred. Let cool in a covered bowl and peel off charred skin.

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Roasted Red Pepper Soup Audrey's

 

 

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