{"id":1798,"date":"2009-09-26T10:35:38","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T16:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2009-09-26T10:36:05","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T16:36:05","slug":"thai-coconut-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/26\/thai-coconut-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Coconut Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"

My parents came up from Round Rock to visit for a day on their way to Oklahoma City. \u00a0They also came to drop off my amazing Swedish truck! \u00a0I am not quite sure where to put it yet. \u00a0It’s one of the biggest pieces in our house other than our bed and the couch which makes the options for placement a bit limited.<\/p>\n

\"trunk\"<\/p>\n

There is no rhyme or reason to our house. \u00a0I have some modern, some traditional, and some antique furniture and decor. \u00a0The problem is that I love certain things about all those styles. \u00a0While I dream of a house that would\u00a0embarrass\u00a0the homes in Dwell, I know that day will never come. \u00a0I am OK with that. \u00a0A lot of what we have has been given to me from my mom or Ben’s mom, and I can’t imagine replacing it with anything. \u00a0So, welcome to my hodge podge home.<\/p>\n

While my mom was here we got pedicures and then went to the store to get ingredients for dinner. \u00a0One of the other things my mom brought to me was a wok that I’d bought for $7.99 at IKEA last weekend. \u00a0It’s not the best quality piece of cookware I own, but I still wanted to use it. \u00a0I decided to make a chicken stir fry and coconut soup.<\/p>\n

\"stirfry\"<\/p>\n

Here is my lovely mother in the kitchen serving up stir fry and soup. \u00a0The last couple times we’ve been together I’ve made her cook dinner with me. \u00a0I rarely find myself in the company of people who like to cook, so I took advantage of the situation! \u00a0She was such a good sport. \u00a0Thanks for humoring me, mom!<\/p>\n

\"stirfry2\"<\/p>\n

This recipe<\/a> is from Tyler Florence. \u00a0I took quite a few shortcuts with this since we were a bit strapped for time. \u00a0I used store bought chicken broth, left out the shredded chicken and the fish sauce, and used bean sprouts instead of straw mushrooms. \u00a0We served the soup with white rice and spinach.<\/p>\n

\"coconutsoup\"<\/p>\n

I liked the clean flavor that the\u00a0lemon grass\u00a0and lime juice provide. \u00a0The coconut milk makes it nice and rich, but not at all thick or overwhelming. \u00a0Adding shredded chicken to this would make it a great choice for a lunch or light dinner. \u00a0I liked the bean sprouts, but would have\u00a0preferred\u00a0thin slices of mushrooms instead with maybe just a few bean sprouts as a garnish.<\/p>\n

Thai Coconut Soup<\/h3>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n