Run Fast Eat Slow Soup Recipe

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As February wraps up, we are still in a tundra here in Bend. Spring feels distant and I’m craving hearty, cozy comfort foods. This is a busy time of year for me, so dinners have to be FAST with minimal ingredients. Here’s what our family is currently devouring on regular rotation. Yes it's OK to repeat easy meals that you know your kids will actually eat!! 

I like to make a double batch of soup that we can easily reheat for lunch. My go-to soups right now are Turkey Coconut Curry with rice noodles, Broccoli Chevre Soup (recipe in #), Beef and Lentil Minestrone (recipe in #runfastcookfasteatslow), and Chicken Soup with Potatoes and Kale (I don’t follow a recipe but let me know if you need this recipe in your life and I’ll write it down!).  

Run Fast, Eat Slow

Rice or quinoa with roasted veggies and a protein make for an easy weeknight meal. I usually cook skinless chicken thighs and breasts in my Instant Pot with coconut milk and spices (easy to shred) or roast salmon, drizzled with olive oil, spice rub, salt (we always have a stash of wild salmon from Alaska in our freezer). In a pinch Monday Power Bowls are meatless and simple…topped with a fried egg, black beans and guacamole. When I have time on Sundays to meal prep, I’ll make a homemade sauce for bowls.

I make my easy Bolognese sauce with pasta and/or zucchini or squash noodles nearly every week. Pasta is our kids’ favorite food. Turkey Trot Meatballs (recipe in Run Fast. Cook Fast. Eat Slow.) are a bit more time-consuming, but another dependable recipe that I know my kids will both eat.

We repurpose leftovers in creative ways frequently. Usually that means some type of bowl topped with an assortment of whatever needs to be finished. To mix things up, I’ll add a refreshing salad and sweet potato fries (my 5 year old’s favorite side dish).

Run Fast. Eat Slow.

I try to incorporate wild fish into our diet once a week, so if we haven’t had salmon yet, my go-to is Miso Butter Salmon (recipe in Run Fast. Cook Fast. Eat Slow). Find my other fave fish recipes in Run Fast. Eat Slow including Fish en Papillote and Fish Tacos. Both are super simple and can be made with less expensive white fish like cod. I’ve also been on a kick of making Quinoa Pilafs/Warm Quinoa Salads, which are loaded with veggies…stay tuned for a recipe! We also regularly roast a tray of Cauliflower and Potatoes, an easy winter side dish (recipe in RFCFES). 

We get a fresh sourdough bread delivery from my favorite baker every Friday afternoon, so dinner revolves around this beautiful loaf. Think hearty salads with slices of fresh bread slathered with Kerrygold butter and flaky salt (yum!) or dunked in olive oil. A super simple, yet heartwarming meal to wrap up a busy work week. 

Varies: date night, takeout, or a fancier meal shared with friends. Or after a ski day with the kids: Breakfast for Dinner with recipes from #RiseandRun. When the weather is bad and we are in the mood for a PJ party, you can’t really beat waffles (and breakfast sausage or bacon…don’t judge!) for dinner! My kids also frequently request Meme’s Crepes, the perfect dinner for movie night.After successfully keeping the plague away from me for the majority of January, I finally got bit by some sort of bug.

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You ever wake up in the morning and before you even speak, you know that you've developed some sort of illness overnight? That's exactly what happened to me last week.  I woke up coughing on Saturday morning and the worst part was I knew it was in my chest. Ugh. Not good when the whole reason you woke up early was to eat and prepare for a half marathon!

From the time you're a little baby runner, your coaches will tell you to do a neck check when you're sick.  That means if your symptoms are above your neck, you can run.  If they're below your neck, you should take the day off. Well as an adult, I think I know better than everyone and decided to run anyway.  Bad idea. By Sunday I'd lost my voice and spent the entire night hacking up my lung. I was like that till at least Wednesday.

That my marathon coach had given me.  I came across the NYC Marathon champion's Flu Fighter Chicken and Rice Stew recipe in that book. I didn't have any actual flu symptoms and wasn't diagnosed with influenza, but it sounded good enough to me!

Food That Fuels Shalane Flanagan — Best Recipes For Runners

I've had Shalane's cookbook for a few weeks, but I'll be honest...I waited to try a recipe from it because the recipes seem a little more advanced than my cooking abilities. This one looked like one of the easiest ones in the book and I'm glad I took a chance and made it! The recipe calls for immune-boosting and anti-inflammatory ingredients like garlic, ginger and parsley.  Those are all good things to help restore you when your body's been plagued with a cold or upset stomach (the ginger really helps with that one!) It really hit the spot and really soothed my throat after coughing as much as I was.

Because this recipe isn't readily available online, I won't be the first to type it out.  But if you're interested, someone else took the liberty of putting it on Pinterest. You can grab that pin and the recipe HERE. I added my rice later on in the game, so it was more a soup than stew consistency.

You ever wake up in the morning and before you even speak, you know that you've developed some sort of illness overnight? That's exactly what happened to me last week.  I woke up coughing on Saturday morning and the worst part was I knew it was in my chest. Ugh. Not good when the whole reason you woke up early was to eat and prepare for a half marathon!

From the time you're a little baby runner, your coaches will tell you to do a neck check when you're sick.  That means if your symptoms are above your neck, you can run.  If they're below your neck, you should take the day off. Well as an adult, I think I know better than everyone and decided to run anyway.  Bad idea. By Sunday I'd lost my voice and spent the entire night hacking up my lung. I was like that till at least Wednesday.

That my marathon coach had given me.  I came across the NYC Marathon champion's Flu Fighter Chicken and Rice Stew recipe in that book. I didn't have any actual flu symptoms and wasn't diagnosed with influenza, but it sounded good enough to me!

Food That Fuels Shalane Flanagan — Best Recipes For Runners

I've had Shalane's cookbook for a few weeks, but I'll be honest...I waited to try a recipe from it because the recipes seem a little more advanced than my cooking abilities. This one looked like one of the easiest ones in the book and I'm glad I took a chance and made it! The recipe calls for immune-boosting and anti-inflammatory ingredients like garlic, ginger and parsley.  Those are all good things to help restore you when your body's been plagued with a cold or upset stomach (the ginger really helps with that one!) It really hit the spot and really soothed my throat after coughing as much as I was.

Because this recipe isn't readily available online, I won't be the first to type it out.  But if you're interested, someone else took the liberty of putting it on Pinterest. You can grab that pin and the recipe HERE. I added my rice later on in the game, so it was more a soup than stew consistency.