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Thursday Lunch/brunch: Pumpkin mushroom Coconut Milk Soup.πŸ˜‹πŸ₯£β€οΈπŸŒΊ

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Happy Thursday everyone! Hope your day is joyful so far! πŸ€—

For today, I made my pumpkin soup in my pressure cooker. Remove the skin was the hard part! πŸ˜…

I remember my grandma always said if you eat this, you will be so smart. πŸ˜‚ I love this soup for many health benefits and great skin and eyes. πŸ˜„β€οΈ

Main ingredients:

Organic Gluten-free, low sodium vegan vegetables broth.

Oyster mushrooms, green onions, and fresh pumpkins.

Dessert: Dragon fruit and chrysanthemums mint ice tea.

As always, be inspired, be joyful, take a picture and Enjoy it! πŸ˜‹β€οΈ

Here are some of the health benefits I love about pumpkins:

Pumpkin is high in vitamins and minerals while being low in calories. It’s also a great source of beta-carotene, a carotenoid that your body converts into vitamin A.

It contains the antioxidants alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin and many others, which may protect your cells against damage by free radicals.

It is high in vitamins A and C, which can help boost your immune system. Its supply of vitamin E, iron and folate may strengthen your immunity as well.

It is packed with nutrients and yet has under 50 calories per cup (245 grams). This makes it a nutrient-dense food. It’s also a good source of fiber, which may suppress your appetite.

Here’s the link to the source if you like to check out more:

healthline.com/nutrition/pu...

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animefan94

Mm that soup looks so good 😊

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Thank you animefan94 for saying that, you’re so kind! πŸ€—πŸ™How have you been? Hope you enjoyed your lunch/dinner! πŸ˜‹πŸ‘

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Oh wonderful! This looks delightful and extremely healthy 😁

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Aweee thank you Debs so much for saying that! πŸ€—πŸ™ Hope you are going to have a fantastic dinner later! πŸ˜‹πŸ‘

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You're welcome Koko, I am certainly looking forward to the recipe from the Bosh book on Saturday, I will also be having pancakes for dessert 😁

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Yayyy I’m looking forward to your Saturday fantastic meals! πŸ€—πŸ™β€οΈPancakes for dessert is so yummy, what will you have with your pancakes?πŸ˜‹

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Kitten-whiskersAdministratorVegan starβ€’ in reply to

I am thinking probably Strawberries, Rasberries, Vanilla Soya Yoghurt and some canadian Maple Syrup (just a smidgen) 😁😁😁😁

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Wow, that is such great combination on a pancake and healthy too. πŸ˜πŸ‘

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Kitten-whiskersAdministratorVegan starβ€’ in reply to

Thank you, one of my favourite combos 😊

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Activity2004Administrator

Hi Koko,

This sounds really good for any meal! I hope you enjoy it! Do you have leftovers for another day?πŸ˜€πŸ‘

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Hi Leah!

Thank you very much for saying that! πŸ€—πŸ™

Yes I have plenty leftovers for today and tomorrow. The broth will be much better even, I can’t wait for tomorrow! πŸ˜‹πŸ‘

Hope you enjoyed your lunch today and can’t wait to see your food posts! πŸ˜„πŸ‘

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You’re welcome! Glad you enjoyed everything and you have leftovers for later. πŸ˜€πŸ‘

Lunch today was another cheese sandwich with mustard and a Greek yogurt on the side.

Dinner tonight will be Sloppy Joe’s and maybe another Greek yogurt, but I will have to see what happens when the time comes. I will try to get a picture of the Sloppy Joe’s tonight for everyone.πŸ˜€πŸ‘

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Your lunch sounds scrumptious and your dinner plan is very wholesome and delicious! πŸ˜‹πŸ‘

Yes I do love food pictures as they make me happy and inspire for my meals too. πŸ˜„πŸ‘

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I find if you roast pumpkin first, I makes it a lot easier to remove the skin :)

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Thank you for your tip Cooper27! πŸ€—πŸ™

I’ll try that next time. It was quite a work out for me this morning πŸ˜‚

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I know what you mean, I think I went a few years without buying any because it was such a pest to do!

I tend to roast it when the oven is on for something else, then you can scoop the flesh out, blend and freeze for later use :)

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Yes I was struggling even I got the biggest knife I had in the kitchen. πŸ˜…

This is great as sometimes, they don’t have the small size one and I had to cook the whole thing πŸ˜‚ Plus I can make pumpkin pie for dessert. πŸ‘

Thank you Happyman4 for saying this about my soup! πŸ€—πŸ™

Now you intrigued me very much with egg lemon Greek soup! πŸ€” I’m a soup person. πŸ˜‚

Would you post it and have all the ingredients and instructions please? πŸ˜‹πŸ™

Thank you, I’ll have a look now. πŸ˜ŠπŸ™

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My tea lol check the background I'm watching bit TV then early night have a good day been warm today πŸ€—πŸ˜»πŸ™‹πŸŒœπŸ˜‚πŸ―πŸ˜ΈπŸ˜ΈπŸ˜ΈπŸ˜Έ

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Hi Sis, those are yummy sandwiches you have. I love the food model most! πŸ™€πŸ˜½πŸ˜»I just made cookies.πŸ˜‹πŸ‘I still had soup leftovers so no cooking for food today. 😁

Enjoy your show! πŸ˜‡

That's a lovely photo and great description yes it's important we protect from free radicles I used to take bit E but can't find any I must eat more food like that unfortunetely yes the pumpkins are difficult to peel I'm.hoping to post soon if I ever eat anything healthy πŸ˜πŸ€·πŸ€¦πŸ™„πŸŒœπŸ›Œ

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Aweee thank you PixiesMummy for saying that about my soup! πŸ€—πŸ˜˜πŸ™

We now can roast them first and then remove the skin so we can make soups and pies, cookies, even smoothie πŸ€”

Do you take Omega 3 also? Supplements needed too. πŸ‘

I’m looking forward to you food post! πŸ˜‹πŸ‘ You make great pie I remember. πŸ˜‡

This was my soup it was a cuppa soup in a packet lol with added cabbage 🀦😁

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This looks delicious and healthy veggies soup Mandy! πŸ˜‹πŸ‘

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Good morning Koko pixies woke up again now 5.15 I'm tiredout he going out bathroom.window can let himself in I've just done his breakfast was on TV about some cat foods making them.ill I'll look.full story up,I take omega 3 bit D occasional iron as I had problem as don't eat meat only when mam does a pixie pie lol, I take glucosimine/chrondotine when can find the flipping stuff for me bad knee cartilage damage from kneeling on wood DIY when young, and yes I sure need that omega 3 for my brain lol it's in my avacados tho, I think I'll have a beansprout omelette for brunch as they need using up, have a great day I'm.going back in the land of nod now I don't think that pixie boy will be long it's freezing here, the jet streams playing up rain like winter, I lost my tooth while prep veg last week I found it in the bin amongst it lol glad I'm getting a bridge tooth September dentist πŸ˜‚πŸ€ͺπŸ˜¬πŸ›ŒπŸ€¦πŸŒœI'll ask mam.to do a pit soon 🧑😻

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Good morning my lovely Sis! 😊😻🌺

Pixie sounds adorable, he can go outside by himself wow. 😻 Sonya is indoor cat, she only let out when I’m in the backyard and she got allergy before. πŸ˜…

There’s cat food channel? πŸ€” pixie sure is spoilt and he deserves it cuz he’s so cute! πŸ˜‹

You make sure to take your supplements and vitamins as we don’t really get enough at certain age.

Love that you took that combination glucosamine/chrondotine. People kept missing the chrondotine which is a game changer πŸ‘

We are all lacked of Vit D which is very common. I have to take vit D 5000units every day.πŸ˜… yes omega 3 too I take. Oh don’t forget collagen, I take some biotin and collagen drops and Vital protein powder collagen for my skin health, bone loss, joint pain. πŸ˜πŸ‘

I love your bean sprouts and egg breakfast, I do the same with adding some chives soo good and healthy too. πŸ˜‹

Wow it’s like 90s everyday over here and you are freezing over there. πŸ€”

There’s a lot of mosquitoes now here. πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

Well, I’m getting ready for bed now. You have a good start of the day with Pixie! πŸ˜»πŸ€—πŸ˜˜

Hope Prince Charming will ring your bell today! πŸ˜‚πŸ‘

TTYL in 8 hours πŸ˜πŸ‘ love you! 😘😻❀️

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Oh I tried them collogen tablets very expensive and couldn't get down stuff them I'll have face lift if look that bad πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚just off to market πŸ™‹πŸ―

Wow that’s very delicious and healthy, you consume a lot of legumes and veggies. πŸ˜πŸ‘

Go for soup, so easy to eat and feel light after.

3 am Coconut juice is like on a vacation trip to me. πŸ˜„ When I travel I love drinking fresh coconut juice by the beach. πŸ₯₯πŸŒ΄πŸ–β›±

Wow sounds so much fun to me with your magical garden. Forget veg market! πŸ˜πŸ‘

Okay I watched the YouTube Greek lemon egg soup, do you add pastas into it and chives? It does look yummy and something I can make to try it out. πŸ˜‹

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Kainan

Good stuff Koko! Very refreshing! And thinking outside the box by using pumpkin. πŸ‘

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Awee Kainan you gave me too much credit! πŸ€—πŸ™Have u tried steam pumpkins with short spareribs? It is a dim sum dish I had before very good. πŸ˜‹

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Yea that dish is amazing!

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Yes I think out of all Chinese restaurants, I like Dim sum most like a variety of many goodies of delicious buffet. πŸ˜‹πŸ‘

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Your soup looks delightful πŸ‘ŒπŸ˜. Looks like you got a good workout in while you prepared the pumpkin tooπŸ˜„πŸ’ͺ. Another nutrient dense balanced mealπŸ‘. Enjoy your dayπŸ™πŸ˜Š.

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Thank you very much Zazen for saying that! πŸ€—πŸ™This is something you can easily make for yourself. Hope you managed your lunch today and have a fun July 4th weekend! πŸ˜πŸ‘

The video I watched she added pasta and chicken breasts but that’s okay maybe that’s her style. But I do love how the soup looks like. I’ll try to make it sometimes. πŸ˜‹πŸ‘

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