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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Thai >> Thai

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a microwave safe plate or bowl, add onions, carrots, celery and red bell pepper. | 2. Cook in microwave for about 4 minutes until vegetables are softened. | 3. 2. Coat a large nonstick pan or soup pot with cooking spray. Add cooked vegetables, garlic, chili powder and red pepper flakes. Sauté for about 1 minute. Stir often. | 4. 3. Stir in broth, chicken and tomatoes. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer 10 minutes. | 5. 3. Stir in peanut butter with a fork. Make sure the peanut butter gets well blended. Add couscous, spinach and mix well. Cover, remove from heat. Allow to sit 5 minutes. | 6. 3. To serve: Ladle 1¼ cups into each bowl. Garnish each serving with 1 tablespoon chopped scallions, if desired. | 7. 4. This soup will keep in the refrigerated for several days. Leftovers are wonderful for lunch. This soup freezes great, too! | 8. Makes 8 main course soup servings (each serving 1¼ cups). | 9. Healthy Benefits: | 10. Most of the fat in this soup comes from the peanut butter. Peanut butter is an excellent source of protein and healthy fats. Peanut butter contains the same ratio of saturated to unsaturated fats as olive oil, says Harvard Medical School. The poly and monounsaturated fats in the spread can help to lower your risk of developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes. For the healthiest choice, look for brands that have no oil or sugar added. | 11. Whole wheat couscous (tiny pasta) is loaded with fiber. In fact, 1 cup cooked of whole wheat couscous has 7 grams of fiber. Whole wheat couscous derives from the whole grains of durum flour. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
yellow onion	1 1/4	cups	diced	80.0	18.68	2.2	0.2
carrot	1	cup	diced	52.48	12.2624	1.1904	0.3072
celery	1	cup	diced	16.16	2.9997	0.6969	0.1717
red bell pepper	1/2	cup	diced	-	-	-	-
cooking spray				-	-	-	-
garlic	1	tablespoon	minced	12.665	2.8101	0.5406	0.0425
chili powder	1 1/2	1/2		11.421	2.0129	0.5451	0.5783
red pepper flake	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
chicken broth	6	cups		468.72	11.34	66.8304	15.7248
chicken breast	2	cups	cooked diced	-	-	-	-
tomato	1	can	diced	40.2099	8.6898	1.9658	0.4468
peanut butter	2/3	cup		1013.08	37.1004	41.3832	85.8968
couscous	1/3	cup		216.8267	44.6513	7.3583	0.3691
spinach leaf	4	cups		180.96	26.2704	22.6512	3.5568
scallion	1/2	cup	chopped	16.0	3.67	0.915	0.095

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.