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Weekend Rewind and a Recipe

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend! The weather here left something to be desired if rain isn’t your bag.

I kicked off Saturday with my ‘long’ run. A whole 6 miles. Don’t worry the longer “long” runs will be back as soon as Twin Cities Marathon training fires up in June.

The Caveman and I hit the gym early for strength and swim on Sunday. According to him, my swimming is “tons better.”  After seeing some video though, yikes. I’ve still got plenty of work to do.

what I look like swimming

And then this happened. Is this not the prettiest kayak you’ve ever seen? I am smitten to say the least.

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What mom doesn’t want her own kayak? I can’t wait to get her out on the water!

Finally, since it’s Meatless Monday and I haven’t shared a recipe in eons, here’s a soup I’ve been making constantly lately:

Carrot Lemongrass Soup

Lemongrass gives it a distinctively exotic flavor while the turmeric adds some subtle heat. Plus I love the anti-inflammatory properties of turmeric.

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Carrot Lemongrass Soup
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Recipe type: Soup
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Serves: 1 Quart
Ingredients
  • 3T Butter
  • 1 Small onion, finely chopped (about a cup)
  • 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
  • 1 lb. carrots, peeled and chopped
  • ½T salt, divided
  • 4C Vegetable stock
  • 1 Stalk lemongrass, top and bottom cut off, bottom pounded with the back of a heavy spoon
  • ½t pepper
  • ½t turmeric
Instructions
  1. Melt butter in a large pot.
  2. Add onion, carrots, celery and ¼T of the salt.
  3. Roast onion, carrots and celery in the pot, stirring occasionally, until golden brown (12-15 minutes).
  4. Add the stock, deglazing and scraping the bottom.
  5. Add lemongrass, pepper and turmeric, turn heat down to medium-low.
  6. Simmer for 25-30 minutes.
  7. Remove lemongrass stalk
  8. Transfer the soup in batches to a blender or food processor and puree.
  9. Add the remaining ¼T of salt plus more to taste, and serve.

Have you tried this Carrot Lemongrass Soup? So good! #meatlessmonday #cleaneats

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How was your Mother’s Day Weekend? What spring veggies are you enjoying?

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I’m linking up today with Tara’s Weekend Update…

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…and with Deb and Tina for Meatless Monday.

Comments

  1. We ARE going to be marathon training at the same time this summer! If kayaks are allowed to be pretty, that was surely is. I don’t think I’ve ever had carrot soup but I love cooked carrots, not raw ones, so I think I would like it!

  5. carrot and lemongrass, that sounds delightful and so exotic! Yummy Marcia! Thanks so much for joining us today for meatless monday, hope you continue to every week, we love having you!

  6. Very pretty kayak! How fun! I know I’m going to get dragged into some paddling this summer, despite it being my least favorite AR discipline. My friends assure me that I’ll enjoy it when it’s just for fun…

    I’m a big fan of turmeric. As the Franks’s Red Hot Sauce granny says, “I put that sh!t on everything!”

  8. LOVE the mother’s day gift! Great colors on it. And just think: if you fall in, you will be fine swimming to shore, right?

    Pinned that recipe!

  10. The kayak is beautiful!!! We were looking at getting some for the whole family last week but are debating on the girls and trying to figure out if we want just a double, single, and one for our oldest or what we want to do. The soup looks and sounds amazing and is perfect for the cold rainy Monday we are having here.

  12. That soup sounds really good! Your kayak is really pretty! We had some growing up, my parents still have them, but I miss just being able to go out on the water now. Excited for your marathon training to begin! (And that “what I look like swimming” photo made me laugh).

  16. I love carrot soups, and I love lemongrass, so we are on goooooood terms.
    And you better believe that I don’t think that I look like Michael Phelps. That’s like saying I run like Usain Bold (and I am currently in a boot, so there you go!).

  18. the soup looks delish! I would love to have my own Kayak and a paddleboard as well, I mean I do live on a lake, these things should be standard I am thinking! I love that you are still laughing at your swimming! You are getting it done!

  19. We have been looking at kayaks and canoes! Canoes because we need to be able to fit all 5 of us in it, but also looking at kayaks because..well I told my husband I’d get a double so I could take one of the kids off his hands when we went kayaking/canoeing 😉

  20. I love kayaking! My husband and I keep talking about going to buy one but haven’t managed to do it yet. We always rent them when on vacation. Have a great week!

  33. That swimming pic x 1000 LOL! ESPECIALLY doing the butterfly. Dunno how the Olympians make it look so attractive haha

  34. Yes, that is the prettiest kayak I’ve ever seen. May you and she have lots of fun hours together.

  35. You are going to have endless hours of fun in that gorgeous new kayak! I am going to have to save this lemongrass carrot soup recipe for when we have carrots in our garden!

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