Sweet Potato Soup

One of my favourite soups from one of my favourite recipe books is the Sweet Potato Soup from Lucy Waverman's Fast and Fresh cookbook.

This soup is so simple and absolutely amazing. Melt a little butter in a saucepan, add cubed sweet potatoes (or yams), some leeks, a tablespoon of chopped ginger then a dash each of cumin, coriander, cayenne and nutmeg. Add a little stock then boil down until the sweet potato is soft (about 15 minutes). Puree the mixture then add milk (the recipe actually calls for whipping cream but I never have any in the house when I make it so I just add milk). Simmer for another five minutes, add some salt and pepper and a squeeze of lime juice and voila, a creamy tasty soup! I like using yams for this recipe because I like the orange-coloured effect better than the yellow-colour you get with sweet potatoes.

Maybe my taste buds are in the mend. I was actually able to cook tonight!

Wild Salmon served with Pasta and Salsa Verde

Can you believe it?! The nausea subsided enough for me to cook tonight! Tonight's dinner was broiled wild salmon steak served on a bed of pasta that was tossed with chopped broiled zucchini and smothered with salsa verde. It was a nice simple, delicious baby-worthy meal.

The salsa verde was a simple concoction of finely chopped parsley, capers, and anchovies mixed with lemon juice and a dollop of dijon. I mixed these together, then drizzled some olive oil and emulsified. The original recipe called for garlic, but I skipped it since garlic is on my aversion list these days (see previous post). When the pasta was ready (I used spaghetti 'cause that's what I had handy), I drained the noodles and tossed it with the zucc while adding the lemon and olive oil sauce. The only prep for the broiled salmon was a squirt of lemon and a sprinkle of sea salt and fresh ground pepper.

With prep, this meal only took 15 minutes. I should have taken a picture because it looked awesome -- the noodles with flecks of bright green parsley, chunks of green zucchini and the pink salmon. Very pretty. And best of all, I managed to taste it and, ooh ooh, even better, it managed to stay down! Maybe there's hope for my taste buds yet!

Food Aversions du jour

List of no-nos these days:

orange juice
skim milk (2% is okay)
garlic
onion
salt
sugar
bacon