Menu 10/11/10

Our weekly menu selections!!!!

Soup One: tom kha gai - Thai Chicken Soup with Lemongrass -  

This soup is alive with taste sensations, combining the sweetness of coconut milk, the citrus of lemongrass, lime juice, and lime zest, the saltiness of fish sauce and the fire of Thai chilies.  We serve this soup with bean sprouts, mint leaves, basil leaves and lime juice (quarter piece), as a garnish.

Homemade chicken stock makes this a rich and nutritious selection.The health benefits are incredible, really.  Here are just some of the advantages to preparing homemade stock:

Boosts immune system

Aids digestion

Increases efficiency of protein use

Provides easily digestible minerals, including calcium - consume homemade stocks if you suffer from osteoporosis

Soup Two:Curried Butternut Squash Soup - .
The recipe we are making this week includes sweet potatoes and apples.  The squash and potatoes are roasted which caramelizes the vegetables.  Add the tart apples and curry and you have a very complex soup.  We add sauteed shallots and apples to our soup before serving.  If you would like to know details on this garnish, email soups@seastreetsoups.com.

No offense to zucchini, but the health benefits of fall-harvest squashes far eclipse their summer cousins. The butternut is technically a fruit because it contains seeds. Rich in phytonutrients and antioxidants -- and succulent enough to warrant the moniker "butternut" -- this graceful, hourglass-like gourd is the perfect addition to an autumn meal.

Butternut Squash- provides significant amounts of potassium, important for bone health, and vitamin B6, essential for the proper functioning of both the nervous and immune systems. Squash's tangerine hue, however, indicates butternut's most noteworthy health perk. The color signals an abundance of powerhouse nutrients known as carotenoids, shown to protect against heart disease. 

                !!!EAT SOUP BE HEALTHY!!!!