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Day 28: Kenyan Peanut Soup

After Matthew and I got married we returned to Brigham Young University - Hawaii (the only true BYU) where I had previously been working on my bachelors degree in International Cultural Studies (ICS). At BYUH, every semester they have an event called FoodFest.....the real reason why I went to BYUH. Being a very international campus, with more than 70 countries represented, there were many cultural clubs that played a vital roll on campus. One of their rolls, and ways of fundraising, was FoodFest. Each club made food from their respective countries and sold it. The whole community turned out for the event. One year the African Club presented Kenyan Peanut Soup. Ahhhh. It was an instant hit! I saved some for the next day so I could make some of my own. This is the result. We went back the next semester and the club had a different dish, I can't even remember what it was. All I remember was how heart broken I was and how I had to come home and make a pot of it just to comfort myself. I'm okay now.

Kenyan Peanut Soup
vegetable broth
1 head cabbage
garlic powder
chopped peanuts
green onions

Chop the head of cabbage and saute in a large pot. Add the thai peanut sauce and enough vegetable broth to make it a creamy soup consistency. Add salt and garlic powder to taste. Top with chopped peanuts and green onions
african peanut soup cabbage peanut soup
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Special: Thai Peanut Sauce

This is one of the easiest sauces to make and because it's a little out of the ordinary people think that your a world traveler and a culinary expert. This calls for 4 ingredients -ya, that's it! And all you have to do is put them all in your trusty rice cooker and stir. You can even make this ahead and freeze it to use in other stuff. I use this for lots of things: Phad Thai, Kenyan Peanut Soup, Thai Peanut Pasta, and as a dipping sauce. There is so much you can do with this so make a bunch.

Thai Peanut Sauce
creamy peanut butter
1 can coconut milk
Tony's seasoning
garlic powder

Like I said, put everything together in your rice cooker and stir till its creamy. The end.
coconut milk creamy peanut butter dipping sauce
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Day 24: Phad Thai

There are two really great places I can recommend for some phenomenal Phad Thai. One is in St. George Utah at Benja's Thai and Sushi...mmmmmm. Probably one of my top restaurants! The other is in the food court at Ala Moana mall in Waikiki. Benjas is a bit more expensive due to the atmosphere but if you count airfare, hotel, and car rental you're really saving yourself.

I could eat phad thai all day....actually, I've never tried, I'll have to put that on my list of things to do. It really is a delightful thing! There is such a mixture of flavors...hmmm, I'm making myself hungry. I better just skip to the recipe before I hurt myself.

Phad Thai
thai peanut sauce
phad thai rice noodles ( I prefer the flat ones)
peanuts crushed
chopped cilantro
bean sprouts
green onions
lime wedges

Cook the thai noodles par the instructions on the packet. Toss with the thai peanut sauce and top with crushed peanuts, cilantro, green onion and bean sprouts. Serve with a lime wedge to squeeze over.
bean sprouts cilantro green onion
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