{"id":14651,"date":"2013-12-14T18:39:46","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T02:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/?p=14651"},"modified":"2020-04-14T09:34:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T16:34:44","slug":"chai-spiced-sweet-potato-bisque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/chai-spiced-sweet-potato-bisque\/","title":{"rendered":"Chai Spiced Sweet Potato Bisque"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a> Suffice it to say, that with the chilly weather, I’ve been a soup making machine. Last week it was a classic Italian Wedding Soup <\/a>made a little less traditional with kale instead of escarole and extra carrots for added nutrition, all the better for your immune system, and\u00a0a burst of color.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Today, I bring you a fragrant sweet potato bisque that’s so velvety and scrumptious that telling you it’s also low in calories and easy to make could be a mistake. The complexity comes from the alluring warming spices that are more often associated with hot toddies and sweet treats than savory dishes: chai spices, cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The recipe and spices are courtesy of Savory Spice Shop<\/a>\u00a0in Corona del Mar. I’ve mentioned them in past posts (like the Moroccan cooking class<\/a>)\u00a0 because I’m a frequent customer of their aromatic shop for stocking my everyday kitchen herbs and spices and for sampling new combinations and world flavors from among their endless array of spice blends. Savory Spice Shop also has a great selection of boxed gift sets for the grill master or culinary whiz among your family and friends and all sorts of accoutrements for the kitchen, from tagines to cute little salt and spice dispensers.<\/p>\n
The chances of us having a White Christmas are practically nil, but it has been pretty darn cold here in SoCal. And, if Dallas can be hit by a snow storm…well, anything is possible. Hopefully it will never happen because it would be as if Armageddon had come since we’re such wimps when it comes to the weather! Even a few days of rain, especially here on the lower Left Coast is sensationalized as Storm Watch insert year<\/span> with never-ending news coverage. But, I know you don’t want to hear about how cold it is here, especially if you live anywhere east of California!<\/p>\n