This is a delicious soup that you can make as hearty or as thin as you like, and it would still taste good. I prefer texture, but you could purée the soup smooth before adding the noodles. This budget-friendly soup reheats well, as long as you add a little water while reheating to thin it out. Ingredients 1 Tablespoon … [Read more…]
Green Bean and Beef Stew in the Instant Pot
I have to admit this here – like a huge chunk of the population, I fell for the hype and got an Instant Pot this past November. After I got mine, I found out that it fit into my kitchen routine quite nicely. It paid for itself within weeks of buying, just by allowing me to get food ready quickly on and not having to resort to takeout. You can … [Read more…]
Red Coconut Curry Slurp Bowl with Lotus Foods Gluten Free Ramen
It’s been a while since I have cooked or blogged regularly. This has been a brutal season, despite the weather being nice. We have all been sick, right after the other. I feel (I hope) that we are on the other side of it now. I was given the opportunity to try some Lotus Foods items, through the Meatless Monday movement and Lotus Foods. I was … [Read more…]
Vegetable Cheese Soup – Meatless Monday
This soup is a bit lighter than the usual broccoli cheese soup. It is a forgiving recipe, in that you can use all broccoli, all cauliflower, or any combination of the two. You can use thawed frozen veggies instead of steaming raw ones. I like to add a summer squash (or zucchini) at the beginning with the onions, to add some more veggie nutrition – … [Read more…]
Meatless Monday: Vegetarian Iftar Menu for Ramadan
This Meatless Monday, a significant percentage of the world’s population is observing the Ramadan fast. I’ve decided to post a vegetarian iftar menu suggestion. It is important to break your fast on whole, nutrient-dense foods, and to keep refined and processed foods to a minimum. Some great sources of vegetarian protein include: Quinoa – a … [Read more…]
Pasta Fagioli Soup | The Levantess
This is a recipe for a delicious soup consisting of mostly pantry ingredients. I stumbled across a recipe for Pasta Fagioli a few years ago, but I made changes according to what we had and my family’s tastes. Using the marinara sauce gives it more of a long-simmered, rich taste. This recipe specifies Italian turkey sausage, but I have also used … [Read more…]
Caldo De Yum! , or Turkey Sausage, Spinach, and Alphabet Noodle Soup
We needed soup, because everyone in our house was sick. I didn’t have any chicken, but I did have sweet Italian turkey sausage, so I decided to make a soup that complemented the sausage. I thought of tomato, automatically, but we didn’t want it too strongly tomato-ey. So, this soup is mostly chicken stock based, with some tomato paste to flavor … [Read more…]
Meatless Monday: Tomato Cabbage Bulgur Soup
We had stuffed cabbage over the weekend, and I made sure to set aside any hard to wrap leaves (excessively curly, or very torn). I ended up with about 2 cups, once I chopped them small. I remembered a soup I had several years ago, that included bulgur, and decided to recreate it. It is a nicely hearty soup, perfect for a cold day. This … [Read more…]
Red Lentil and Swiss Chard Soup
The lentil is a humble but mighty ingredient. It is a superior form of protein, and contains significant amount of fiber and iron. It is also good source of folate, an important nutrient for women of child-bearing age. But, what is the best part? It cooks in a short time, relative to dried legumes. That makes it a better option for a weeknight … [Read more…]
Throwback Thursday : Fall Lentil Vegetable Stew
It appears that this time last year was the same kind of chilly, rainy Fall weather that we are having today. I made a lentil stew then that had carrots and spinach, and nicely spiced with curry, cumin, and allspice. This is a wonderfully homey, satisfying stew that can be made with things that most people have on hand. Thus, I have tagged it … [Read more…]