3 puree rich tasting Recipes

carrots, raw, peeled and cut into thin strips 2 inches by 1/8 inch (medium-sized), onion, cut into thin strips (medium sized ), garlic clove, minced (large), sugar (to taste), water, fresh lime juice (rice wine & cider vinegar ok), salt , to taste, garlic cloves, minced (large), serrano pepper, fresh, minced (jalapeno chilies ok), black pepper, fresh ground, fish sauce (thai & vietnamese both fine ), sugar , to taste, lime , peeled of all white skin and pureed with 1 1/2 cups water (whole large), tomato, pureed (rich-tasting grape & small heirlooms fine), chicken, cold cooked (meat, fish, tempeh, tofu, vegetables all fine), serrano pepper, fresh, minced (jalapeno chilies fine too), almonds , whole salted, coarsely chopped, spearmint, leaves small, fresh (tight-packed), coriander leaves , torn (tight-packed), salt , to taste, black pepper, fresh-ground , to taste, head lettuce (large crisphead type like bibb), grape tomatoes, halved, cucumber, peeled, seeded and sliced into 2-inch sticks (large), limes, cut into wedges

unsalted butter, yellow onion, peeled and coarsely chopped, fresh celery, washed and coarsely chopped, garlic clove, peeled and crushed, dry white wine, baking potato, peeled and sliced, vegetable stock (home made if possible), kosher salt , to taste, white pepper , to taste, creme fraiche