Crab bisque…chowder…for an aging parent ❤️🤤 lower sodium

Описание: my partner and I are Caregiver’s for her 85-year-old mom. She requires soft and lower sodium food. But I still want that to mean super flavorful food.

Crab is one of her absolute favorites. But it is expensive, and a little bit salty. So to be able to control salt levels on her meals and stay in budget, I’m always trying to come up with new crab recipes that work for her.

Normally, I make her crab cake, but this week we are trying something new and doing a crab bisque. But I’m going to make it more nutrient dense by swapping out heavy cream for cashews and hemp seeds. And of course, lower in sodium and soft enough for her to chew.

So here’s how we make it!

CRAB CHOWDER
(around 11-12 cups)
1/4 cup raw Cashews, soaked in hot water for 20 minutes
1/4 cup hemp seeds, soaked in hot water for 20 minutes
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, chopped small
2 carrots, chopped small
2 stalks of celery, chopped small
1/2 cauliflower, chopped smallish
2 potatoes, peeled and diced
6 cloves garlic, minsed
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp dried dill
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp old bay seasoning (or to taste)
1 bay leaf
1 can chickpeas (no salt added), drained and rinsed
4 cups of broth
3 cups water (or more low sodium broth)
1 cup frozen corn, thawed blended
2 tsp capers, blended
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
1 tsp mustard
1 tsp fish sauce
1 8oz can crab meat (cooked)
juice of 1 lemon
salt to taste
DIRECTIONS
Heat olive oil in a large pot
Add onions. Cook for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally
Add carrots, celery, potatoes, cauliflower, garlic, dried seasoning and tomato paste. Allow to cook for 2 more minutes, stirring.
Add broth, and water. Scrape all of the bits off of the bottom
Add chickpeas
Bring to boil and down to a simmer
Cook until potatoes and cauliflower are soft
Blend soaked cashews, hemp seeds, corn, and capers with a little bit of the broth from the soup. Blend until super smooth
Add creamy mix to the soup.
Add mustard, fish sauce, lemon juice. Turn off heat and add crab
Bring up to flavor as desired