Budget Organic Potato and Corn Soup

Today I realized I have 10 more days before Jason's next paycheck, so wanting to stretch the food I have I started thinking about my potatoes and frozen corn. Knowing Jason had had plenty of protein today (his love) I decided on a vegetarian dinner. I had originally planned a different soup. This one was easier for me with a crabby baby and a shorter day at home.

Organic Potato and Corn soup

Ingredients:

You will need:

1 organic yellow onion
2 Tablespoons of coconut oil (nutiva extra virgin from amazon.com)
8 garlic cloves peeled and crushed (I buy pre peeled from Costco and freeze it)
4 cups Organic frozen or fresh corn ( I buy large frozen bags from Costco)
6 medium organic potatoes cubed to about 1-2 inches (these were 1.00 per pound at the farmers market)
4 cups of water
2 tsp of cumin
1 tsp of crushed red pepper (cayenne)
salt to taste

Directions:

Saute onions, garlic, cumin, crushed red pepper in coconut oil until onions are transparent

Add potatoes, corn, water. Cover and boil until potatoes are tender.

Take about half the soup and puree in blender. Add back to the unpureed soup in pot.

Mix. Add salt to taste. Simmer for five more minutes and then serve.

This can also be eaten cold. The spicier it is (say 2 tsp of crushed red pepper) the better it tastes cold because the spice adds a heat of it's own.

I was pleasantly surprised at how yummy this was. Feel free to substitute chicken broth for the water.

Very Simple Quick Summer Dinner Salad

Saturday afternoon I did not feel like cooking at all. The accountant was outside busy doing yard work and I knew he would be starving come dinner time. I opened the refrigerator and thought " I don't have much". This is what I pulled out.
Serves 2-4. Time 20 minutes (more if you have to cook rice)

1 Organic lettuce (from PCC)
1 cup Organic cooked brown rice ( uncooked purchased at Costco)
6 Organic mini tomato's (purchased at Costco)
8 Tablespoons sunflower seeds (from trader Joe's)
1 can of garbanzo beans ( Eden canned from vitacost, dryed of course would be cheaper but this is quicker)
Goddess dressing (trader Joe's 1.99 per bottle)
8 Organic "baby" carrots (Costco)
6 Mini portabello mushrooms (Costco)
1 Organic apple (Fred Meyers)

With baby on my hip because she was to fussy I threw together two salads. Granted items were not chopped as small as they would have been if baby was not on hip.!

First place warm brown rice on plate. 1/2 a cup is plenty per plate.

Place about 1 cup of chopped lettuce on top of rice

Then Cut tomatoes in half and place on salad 

Then place carrots on salad. Mine are not chopped but I think it's better if they are

Rinse garbanzo beans and place 1/4 to 1/2 cup on salad

Add sliced mushrooms

Dice 1/2 apple and place on salad followed by sunflower seeds to taste and dressing

Serve. As you can see it makes a large salad. This is the accountants portion.