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"Pad Thai, a noodle dish with eggs, peanuts, and a protein, is comfort food to me the way macaroni and cheese is to most people. Nothing beats Thai Coconut Soup either, with the combination of sour, sweet, tangy, and salty flavors all in one bowl. And it&amp;#039;s so easy to make! Just recently I tried to throw together some Thai Chicken Coconut Soup on my own at home, and I realized that it&amp;#039;s far easier than it seems as long as you have the right balance of flavors and ingredients. Plus, you if you make it at home, you can make a big pot and have leftovers all week long!    I made the soup by using a typical soup base of chicken broth, but I added Thai flavors instead of your typical carrots, celery and onions, such as: garlic, ginger, jalapeno, lime juice and zest, lemon juice and zest, fish sauce, mushrooms, and coconut milk. Light coconut milk is a great alternative to cut some fat and calories and adds the same flavor-- it&amp;#039;s great! Anyone can combine all of these things and let them simmer down into a delicious soup. Just watch that fish sauce, it&amp;#039;s incredibly salty! Taste it frequently when you&amp;#039;re adding each ingredient. Taste for the acid from the citrus, the saltiness from the fish sauce, and the creaminess of the coconut milk. You don&amp;#039;t want to add too much coconut milk or it will dilute all the tangy flavors. Finally, you can stir in some spinach or a green vegetable that will wilt at the end, and mushrooms, chicken, bell peppers, cellophane noodles, or pretty much any vegetable you like. I like to see some floating cilantro leaves on top, but that&amp;#039;s up to you. You can even add lemongrass in with the broth ingredients early on to infuse that flavor as well. This soup is virtually fool proof. It&amp;#039;s Thai right out of your own home kitchen. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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