Ok ok I did it. I washed my hair. AND shaved my legs. I hated every second of it. Especially since it’s now freezing in Colorado. Shaving your legs + goosebumps, blows ass. It’s painful. It’s like constant razor burn throughout every swipe of the razor. But I’m trying, people. I’m trying!
Guess what I decided? This weekend is going to be good. Real good. You know why? Ok, so last night I went out shopping for a Halloween costume and found this awesome black sequin, open back dress. So it’s slutty, but not really because it goes down to my knees in length. I looked through a bunch of the Halloween costumes there, you know, the dirty nurse, dirty Hogwarts, dirty firewoman, but I can’t pull that stuff off. Nor do I want to. It’s freezing, and my ass barely fits into my spandex, let alone a dress that is suppose to cover only half my ass. Imagine how that outfit would look. I’ll help you out: not good.
But before I become a slightly skankified Audrey Hepburn, I’ll be attending an awesome fundraiser. My friend Clark who owns CrossFit South Denver will be hosting a Bears for Kids Charity Competition this Saturday October 27th from 12-4pm. It’s a pretty cool fundraiser, especially since 100% of the proceeds will go to the Denver Children’s Home. And in an attempt to raise even more money for the kids, for every $10 received in donations, Clark and I will do one burpee. Once the total donations are totaled, we will compete to see who can finish the burpees first. So what I’m pretty much is saying, you should come, hang out, work out, and do burpees. Come on, you know you wanna.
Oh and remember how I said the dress went down to my knees. I lied. I just tried it on. My ass took control once again with this dress. It’s real short. Ugh.
Is it pathetic I get goosebumps every time I see the commercials for the last Twilight movie? Wait, don’t answer that.
Crockpot Sweet Potato Basil Soup
- Yield: 3-4 1x
Ingredients
- 2 sweet potatoes or yams, diced
- 1/2 yellow onion, sliced
- 1 (14oz) can of coconut milk
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in the crockpot.
- Mix around.
- Cook for 3 hours on high.
- Use a hand blender, blender, or food processor and puree mixture until smooth. My 9 cup food processor fit it all just perfectly.
- Eat up! If you have leftover meat, add it to your soup…obviously.
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More Ways to Warm Up:
Game Day Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Soup
Simple Sausage and Bacon Butternut Squash Soup
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Made this yesterday. I h It was so delicious. I played with the spices a bit. I had actually never made soup in a crockpot before, but I think I will be doing that regularly now through the fall and winter! Such a yummy, hearty, and EASY recipe that seems super versatile — I’ll def be experimenting with other fall vegetables. Thanks Juli for a real winner!
This is my FAVORITE favorite recipe from your blog (although I haven’t made nearly as many as I want to make). And I’m sooo happy it’s fall so I don’t feel weird for eating soup all the time! Buying some more sweet potatoes TODAY!. <3
stupid question perhaps – do you peel the potatoes first?
I don’t because I’m lazy but you totally can!
This soup tastes amazing! It’s so easy and doesn’t require a lot of ingredients…I think even my bf could make it…
Tried this tonight! Was amazing. I added a dash of ginger and currie. Any idea of how many calories are in one serving?
no clue
I made this last week and it is AMAZBALLS! I am a college student, going paleo, and I work full time so the crockpot is my BFF.
A quick tip for reheating this is to put a bit of Almond Milk on the top and then put it in the microwave. That takes away a bit of the baby food consistency. 🙂
PS: This soup+chorizo=OMG
I made this recipe as is and it was great. But then I used the same exact recipe but replaced the sweet potatoes with one butternut squash and it was absolutely amazing! It wasn’t as dense as the sweet potatoes. I eat it as soup and as a dipping sauce for any leftover meat I might have. Thanks for the awesome recipe!
I just made this. Honestly, it tasted like bile. I don’t know what I did wrong, but the soup was incredibly bitter. When I opened the crockpot after 3 hours, the coconut milk was curdled but I blended it anyway and tried it. We had to throw it away because it was so bad. Any idea what went wrong?
that is super weird. i have no clue why it would do that. and i’ve never ever had that experience with any soup i’ve made
okay, silly question, i see you said you do not peel the sweet potatoes, but do you cube them or up them in whole? Please say whole…
cube them up
Well this is my first review since discovering this blog 18months ago, and consequently discovering the Paleo lifestyle. The Basil Sweetpotato recipe the first recipe/blog I read and attempted to make. Although, I turned it into a side rather than a soup, I just cooked the sweet potato until it was just tender so I turned it into some sort of chunky sweet potato mash….it was delicious!