Lyla's Curry Shrimp Coconut Soup

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 small onion
• 2 stalks celery & leaves (chopped and separate leaves)
• 1 teaspoon garlic (chopped)
• 1 cup shrimp (small, approx. 4 oz.)
• 1 cup sweet potato (peeled, sliced into 1/4 inch half moons, store in water until ready to add)
• 1 -2 teaspoon curry powder (according to your taste)
• 1 (32 ounce) carton fat-free low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 (14 ounce) can light coconut milk
• 1/2 cup bell pepper (diced, both green and yellow)
• 1 cup broccoli slaw mix (fresh express julienne broccoli and carrots)
• 1 lime (zest and fresh juice of one lime)
• 1/4 cup cilantro (fresh or 1/2 tsp dried)
• sea salt
• pepper (freshly ground)
• fresh spinach, ginger snap cookie and mango salsa-pico de gallo

Recipe

• 1 cover the bottom of a non-stick dutch oven with a teaspoon regular olive oil and i use a pastry brush to distribute it over the bottom,
• 2 once heated on medium high, add chopped onions and celery stocks into the pan. allow onions and celery to caramelized about 2 minutes and then stir in garlic.
• 3 add curry and stir to bloom the flavor (1 min.), then.
• 4 immediately add in your thawed shrimp and drained sweet potatoes. stir quickly around the dutch oven for another 1 to 2 minutes.
• 5 add low sodium chicken broth and lite coconut milk, and then bring contents to a boil for approximately 10 minutes to barely soften sweet potatoes.
• 6 add the chopped peppers and broccoli slaw into the soup.
• 7 off the burner and add lime zest, ½ tsp dried cilantro (or approximately ¼ cup fresh chopped cilantro), chopped celery leaves, sea salt and the juice of the lime.
• 8 stir and let flavors blend for about 2 minutes before serving over rice or spinach leaves.
• 9 you can top with mango salsa-pico de gallo (like newman’s own mango salsa) and cracked pepper to enhance the taste.
• 10 add more veggies like broccoli slaw or onions and celery to make it a fuller soup.
• 11 these veggies make a filling, but yummy low calorie soup whose flavors of curry, lime, coconut milk and shrimp meld nicely together.