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So tonight my friend and I got together for week two of cooking and a new recipe!  And I must say, we truly outdid ourselves this evening!!! The menu for tonight?

West African Peanut Soup
Warm Naan w/hummus

A delightfully tasty and vegetarian friendly meal!  Here's the easy and amazing recipe!

Ingredients:
2 c. chopped onion
1Tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp cayenne (although we found this to still be very spicy so you may want to use a little less if you don't like spicy)
1 tsp grated peeled fresh ginger root
1 c chopped carrots
2 c shopped sweet potatoes
4 c vegetable stock or water
2 c tomato juice
1 c smooth/creamy peanut butter
1 Tbsp sugar
1 c chopped scallions or chives

To Cook:
1. Saute onions in oil until translucent and stir in cayenne and ginger.  Add carrots and saute a couple more minutes.  Mix potatoes and stock/water and bring to boil.  Then simmer for 15 min. until veggies are tender.
2. In blender or food processor puree veggies w/cooking liquid and tomato juice.  Return to soup pot and stir in peanut butter till smooth.  Taste and add sugar if necessary.
3. Reheat gently add more stock or water for thinner soup
4. Serve topped w/chopped scallions or chives

For the Naan just follow the directions on the package to warm it up...we just tore it in pieces Indian style and dipped it in our soup and also in the hummus.  It was delicious!!! And SO EASY!!! We have decided that soup is definitely the place to start if you are new to cooking, it's really hard to mess up!  So anyway, try it and enjoy, trust me you'll want to keep this recipe around!  It's the perfect blend of sweet and spicy.

Bon appetite!