A beautiful brunette brought me lunch today.
A co-worker, and a frequent viewer of this blog, decided to make me some delicious vegan split-pea soup. Essentially split-pea soup without a ham hock or bacon. She arrived at my desk early this morning with two great containers of it. One for lunch and one for later. It was delicious! Truly.
However, I got the impression that she wasn't as impressed with it as she should have been. I get the impression that she is a closet vegan living in a home full of omnivores. Last week, when she discovered that I was serious about being a vegan, she confided that she was really interested in making this soup and having a guinea pig. I'm interested to see what other recipes she has hiding in her vegan journal. In a home full of omnivores, do you hide a vegan cookbook like you might hide porn?
A co-worker, and a frequent viewer of this blog, decided to make me some delicious vegan split-pea soup. Essentially split-pea soup without a ham hock or bacon. She arrived at my desk early this morning with two great containers of it. One for lunch and one for later. It was delicious! Truly.
However, I got the impression that she wasn't as impressed with it as she should have been. I get the impression that she is a closet vegan living in a home full of omnivores. Last week, when she discovered that I was serious about being a vegan, she confided that she was really interested in making this soup and having a guinea pig. I'm interested to see what other recipes she has hiding in her vegan journal. In a home full of omnivores, do you hide a vegan cookbook like you might hide porn?
I want everyone to go find their family cookbook, leaf through it and tell me if you can find a couple vegan friendly recipes. Give it a shot, let me know... (Leave a response below)
I ate the delicious soup for both lunch and dinner, and ate it with whole wheat crackers to get a complete protein. I put hot sauce on it for lunch and a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar on it for dinner. All amazing.
Mouthwash
I got my friend Wes to try the Tempeh.
He uttered a curse at me in dark speech. He hexed my life, my children and their children for thirteen generations.
Vox Vegan
"Stop being a vegan and start enjoying what you eat."
- Jamie Oliver
I ate the delicious soup for both lunch and dinner, and ate it with whole wheat crackers to get a complete protein. I put hot sauce on it for lunch and a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar on it for dinner. All amazing.
Mouthwash
I got my friend Wes to try the Tempeh.
He uttered a curse at me in dark speech. He hexed my life, my children and their children for thirteen generations.
Vox Vegan
"Stop being a vegan and start enjoying what you eat."
- Jamie Oliver
Bethany's Vegan Butternut Squash Soup
ReplyDeleteIngredients:
3-4 lbs. Butternut squash
2 Tbs. olive oil
1 medium onion
4 cloves of garlic
2 quarts veggie stock
1/2 cup of coconut milk
salt
pepper
nutmeg
tyme (optional)
garlic powder(optional)
Cut squash into 1-inch chunks. In large saute garlic and
onion and cook until translucent, about 8 minutes. Add
squash and stock. Bring to a simmer and cook until squash
is tender, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove squash chunks
with slotted spoon and place in a blender and puree.
Return blended squash to pot. Stir in coconut milk, bring
back to simmer. Stir in seasonings. Serve with garlic
bread, or crusty roll.
cooking tip: I often put the seasonings in when im
sauteing the garlic and onions.
Greek Lentil Soup (which you probably ate monthly for the first year of you life) from my beloved "Laurel's Kitchen" cookbook.
ReplyDelete2 cups uncooked lentils
8 cups water or vegetable stock
1/2 onion, chopped
1 small carrot, chopped
1 celery stalk, chopped
1 small potato, chopped
2 T. olive oil
2 bay leaves
1 1/2 salt
2 t. red wine vinegar
Pick over lentils and wash. Mix all ingredients except the vinegar in a sou pot and cook until the lentils are very soft, about one hour. Stir in venegar at the end and serve.
Makes about 8 cups, to serve 6.
Make that for the first DECADE of your life...
ReplyDeleteBethany, I will try and make that sometime this week... Perhaps Sunday. It looks super delicious...
ReplyDeleteMom, thank you for that recipe. Being recipe is going to be easier if I have some familiar ground to fall back to.
These two recipes are exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. Wonderful!