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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I am a sweet potato fanatic, I can’t wait to try this one, and it’s cheap, too! I included this in my January Real Food Meal Plan post.
It’s incredibly cold here right now and a perfect soup day. Just made this for lunch and it is possibly my favorite soup. I used up a bunch of sad looking sweet potatoes lingering from the holidays. I doubled the recipe to use them all (I have a huge crockpot). I did peel the potatoes although the directions didn’t mention that. I was going to freeze some soup but will probably not have anything left after hubby comes home and tries it. I t i s s o f r e a k i n g g o o d !
Thanks so very much. Luv you!
Just found your blog, and am loving all of the recipes that I’ve found so far and the humor that go with them. I’m trying out an anti-inflammatory diet that my naturopath recommended. Pretty much only eating meat, veggies (except for nightshades), fruit, nuts and healthy oils. Your recipes make this change sound both do-able and delicious, thank you! I have unsweetened vanilla coconut milk in my fridge – will that mess too much with the goodness of your recipe?
i think it will still taste good, just might give it a different flavor
This is the second time I’ve made this delicious recipe. Both times I did it on the stovetop within about an hour. The salt is key! Add salt. Taste. Add more salt. OMG it gets better and better.
This stuff makes an awesome gravy. Tonight I served it over cauliflower rice and chunks of chicken. Everyone’s plate was finished. Thank you for an awesome recipe!
What kind of coconut milk do you use. I made Chia Seed Pudding the other week with canned coconut milk, and did dint come out well.. Looking to make this soup but want to make sure I do it right!
i used canned coconut milk for this
Made this the other day and it is DELISH!!! Ate the first two bowls with a side of bacon and took the last bowl for lunch… Yes, I only got three bowls out of it. I’m a pig.
Thanks for the recipe!
PS: I ran out of coconut milk so I used part almond milk and it still turned out great!
Have you tried cooking it on a lower temp? Would that work! If so, for how long did you cook it? Just wondered if there was a way to drawl out the cookin time to fit a work schedule better. But for know if using milk in the recipe made a difference in how long/high to cook it.
Thanks!
haven’t tried
This might be a stupid question … but do you cook the sweet potatoes before putting them in the crockpot? Really wanted to make this tonight. Thanks! 🙂
nope! they cook in the crockpot 🙂
My son is allergic to coconut milk and substitute suggestions?
almond milk
I love soups and this has become my favorite! I’m making my second batch now. Thank you so much!