Weekly Recipe Round-Up: September 19, 2018

Y'all, I know you're supposed to "eat to live," but I've got to speak my truth. I totally live to eat. I love good food. I love cooking a delicious meal, I'm such a fan of going out to eat at new restaurants, and it makes my heart so happy to cook something that my family can't get enough of. It's one of the reasons I'm so excited to be sharing this weekly Wednesday series with recipes that we've signed off on. I'm the pickiest eater in our family (even my toddler puts hot sauce on everything I make), so if I'm a fan, it's got to good. So, let's do this. I've got 2 recipes for you - real things I've eaten recently that I'm sure you'll love too!

Cauliflower Soup

Fun fact: my husband hates cauliflower.
Fun fact: I've made it my life mission to cook cauliflower recipes that he likes.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• 1/2 large yellow onion thinly sliced
• 4 garlic cloves thinly sliced
• 1 head of cauliflower washed, dried and cut into florets
• 32 ounces chicken bone broth
• 1 teaspoon
  
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
• sea salt to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Place a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the coconut oil, onion and garlic cloves and sauté for 1 minute.
2. Add cauliflower florets, bone broth, and salt. Cover the pot, reduce the heat to medium and let cook for another 25 minutes, or until the cauliflower feels fork tender.
3. Once the cauliflower feels fork tender, add the onion powder and paprika. Stir to combine.
4. Transfer the soup mixture into a high-tech blender. Blend on medium-high until smooth, about 30 seconds or by simply using the soup setting. (You could also use an immersion blender. Make sure you've got a BIG pot to avoid splashing)
   

Serve and enjoy!

Pumpkin Pie Shake

I mean, you already knew I was all about the pumpkin life... unless you're new here. And then, hi. I'm Sarra. I'm all about the pumpkin life.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 1 cup ice
• 1 scoop Vanilla Shakeology
  
• ½ cup pure pumpkin puree
• 1 tsp. pure maple syrup or raw honey
• 1 Tbsp. coarsely chopped raw pecans
• 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Place almond milk, ice, Shakeology, pumpkin puree, maple syrup, pecans, and pumpkin pie spice in blender; cover. Blend until smooth.