Unrecipes

Asian Soup Unrecipe, complete with my snazzy new stainless steel chopsticks (thanks to my awesome sister)!

About a week into my new way of eating (and cooking), I came upon a site that saved me.  You see, at the time, I was already not eating any meat and was now suddenly dealing with a whole other set of restrictions.  (Okay, just while we're here, I wrote "a whole other" not "a whole nother."  Why is this important?  Because it hurts my feelings when people use poor grammar.  This is not to imply that every entry I post is perfectly grammatically correct, but nother is not even a word.  You could argue that I use words like "delish" and "carby-goodness" and you would be right.  But there is just something about "a whole nother," that irks me, much like misused apostrophes and (bah!) double negatives.)  Sorry, rant over.  I had a long day.

ANYWAY, I was stuck.  I needed recipes, and I was hungry.  One of the hardest parts about eating the way I do is that there is nothing "quick."  You know, it's time to eat, you are starving, you are grouchy, you are tired, and you open the cupboard and yell at your husband "Babe!  We have nothing fun to eat!"  In my house, Scott WILL take the time to turn his head away from his KD or Lipton's Chicken Noodle Soup to stare at me sympathetically, but it pretty much ends there.  When I found the Asian Soup Unrecipe on http://www.wheatfreemeatfree.com/asian-soup-unrecipe/ it was a treasure that has since saved my life!

This blog is all vegetarian, wheat-free recipes, and they are FANTASTIC.  Of course, due to the fact that I don't do sugar or dairy, I still end up modifying things here and there, but every recipe I have made from this site (and there have been many) has worked well and tasted delicious. 

What I love about this Unrecipe for Asian Soup is that you can have all of the ingredients in the house at all times, and they don't spoil.  Seaweed, rice vermicelli (I use the ones made with peas instead of rice sometimes) dehydrated mushrooms, green onions, wheat-free soy sauce and sesame oil.  The best part is, you can add/subtract anything else to this!  I use tofu when I have it, beansprouts, peppers, fresh mushrooms, whatever!  Throw everything into a bowl, cover with water, microwave, add soy and sesame oil and you have the tastiest asian soup in the world.

I have since added some meat back into my diet (come on, I barely eat anything else!) but this has become my go-to meal, my new comfort food, my fun-to-eat lunch or dinner.  Share your recipes (or unrecipes!), people, they are saving lives!!!

ps:  Good news on the coconut oil front:  The paleo bread is delish, Scott's making movie popcorn as I write, and my elbows have never been softer!  Worth.  Every.  Penny.