Vegan MoFo, Day 9: I'm Spicy!

The rain continues. It's been dreary and raining alllll weekend here, and I'm not sure there's an end in sight (plus, I haven't seen the 7-day forecast lately). It's really quite beautiful at times, exploring the back yard and trees and ivy vines at our new house. And then sometimes it's downright depressing and makes us feel like we are getting ill.

What remedies this? What is there that can inject sun into my heart not unlike the shot of adrenaline given to Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction? Spicy food and soup, combined.

Southwestern Veggie Noodle Soup, AKA:

"Holy Shit Yum, And Also Burning! Soup"

serves 2 spicy bowls

4 cups water

2 bouillion cubes (no-chicken or no-beef flavored)

1 carrot, sliced

1 shallot or very small onion, diced

1/2 jalapeno, seeds removed

frozen peas and corn

1/4 cup cooked pinto beans

1/4 cup dried noodles of your choice (I had wagonwheels LOL)

fresh cilantro

1 tsp lime juice

Boil water in saucepan, add the bouillion cubes and jalapeno half. Add carrots and onions and boil until tender (about 5 minutes). Add peas, corn, ointo beans, and noodles. Boil until noodles are cooked.

Put cilantro into bottom of bowl, spoon soup over, and drizzle in lime juice.

Eat, feel better, repeat (or take a lovely rainy day nap).

What kinds of foods do you crave on rainy, icky days?

Jes

Vegan MoFo: Green Soup

It's time for Vegan MoFo, y'all!

What I really want right now is some Green Soup, which I made a week before the wedding. It lasted for my lunch/dinner like allll week. I think I might whip up a batch tomorrow using my super new stock pot (thanks to Aunt Sherry & Uncle Pat!!!!!). This time, I have pre-made mushroom stock though, as I've been too busy to make my own.

However, on the night I made this beautiful soup (a WEEKNIGHT, I might add), I made the soup from scratch. That's right. I came home from a long day at work and started my soup by making a veg stock. Then, I used said veg stock to make my Green Soup. It was exhausting, but sooo sooo hot and good.

Basically, I added spinach, edamame, peas, corn, celery, onion, carrots, garlic, and some cut spaghetti noodles.

You start with your onions, carrots, and celery cooking in the pot, add garlic, and then add the stock once you figure your veg has cooked long enough. Then proceed to add whatever else you want. I made this a Green Soup, so I added peas, spinach, and edamame. YUM!

Happy MoFo-ing to you! Here is a picture of Phil and I at our wedding Saturday taken by my friend, Amber, to leave you with a sigh in your heart :)

Jes

Peasant Supper Sundays

I think we may have a new tradition here.

Peasant Supper Sundays began a few weeks ago for Philip and I when we realized that we make good, simple food for our Sunday dinner. Not exactly a "Eureka!"-type moment, but inspiring nonetheless.

We tend to eat different meals when together, since I'm vegan, and he is a flexitarian (eating meat more and more now but not so much at home as out with friends).

Several dishes we've had lately are baked potatoes, "meat" pie (Philip's creation), couscous with roasted chickpeas, vegetable soup.

On the wedding front, 99 days left!!!! Things are coming together but will MUCH more so in August (I hope...).

Tomorrow morning will consist of a venture to the farmer's market (or maybe 2 of them). And then later in the day we're registering at Target :)

Jes