you never know

I've always been touched that a friend of my sister reads my blog.

 Over the years she has emailed me to comment or encourage me in my podso posts.

She recently sent me photos of a lunch she had. 

The soup looked familiar and I was thinking I would love to make it.

Turns out it was a soup recipe from my blog.  She wrote me:

I share this for you bloggie friends. Because you will never know the impact your
blog may be having. Whether it's a recipe, a decorating tip, a new way
to clean, a word of encouragement,
or just a pretty photo ... you are making a difference in someone's
life ... and probably more than one! 

I actually had forgotten the soup and had to ask my friend to send me the link to my post.
I'm thinking that maybe my soup was a sweet potato salmon soup with a "lacing"
of spinach, but chicken would go wonderfully with it as well:

4 cups of chicken stock
1/2 onion
1 minced garlic clove
1 large sweet potato peeled and diced
pre-cooked chicken breast cut into small pieces
1/2 C smooth almond butter
spinach leaves (or coarsely chopped collard leaves)
2 Tb fresh ginger

After you cook the onion and sweet potato in the stock until tender, add
the pre cooked chicken (or include uncooked chicken and simmer for 20 minutes).

Combine 1/2 cup soup with 1/2 cup almond butter and combine until smooth
and stir into soup, add spinach and ginger and simmer for 5 more minutes.
Can serve with a slice of lime.

Photos from my friend's lunch ...

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