Thursday, October 17, 2013

Tis the Season for Soup and Head Colds



3 hours of sleep, a morning of work/running errands with the babies, and the beginnings of a cold call for soup. We make a LOT of soup here (outside of summer months), so that's your warning. I'll try to pick different varieties to share with you, though. :)

I remember the first time I got sick after eating vegan and thought I was doomed without chicken noodle soup (check out my previous post Sick Day ). This particular soup was just 'throw what you have together and get it in the pot'. I like to think of it as a type of 'white trash'  if you will (in good humor of course. Because if you aren't white trash, you just cringed and if you are white trash, you just got a little proud).

Now - off the eat, put the babies down for naps and get some sleep.

PS - Do you like seeing 'real time' cooking or would you rather I had everything prepped and washed ahead of time? Please let me know!

Ingredients (approx.) - Remember you can play with your ingredients! Anything that is a 'must have' I have put an asterisk next to. However, you can adjust the portions as available.
  • 3/4 of leftover onion*
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2 large carrots*
  • 3 mushrooms
  • 2 roma tomatoes
  • kale
  • chickpeas - or whatever beans you have on hand. I don't typically use chickpeas in soups because they are so hearty the sort of mess with the texture, but today they were calling out to me)
  • salt
  • water

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Peanut Butter Time!!!

I LOOOOVVVVEEE peanut butter. My family loves peanut butter. So much so that I have a working relationship with our local health food store that I can buy a 30lb box at a 10% discount whenever needed (5 people eating pb every day adds up fast).

What's wrong with store bought? Even the kind that says 'Natural' usually has additional ingredients like palm oil (why?) and sugar (again...why?). Not to mention, it's SOOOOOOOO much better at home.

I always get raised eyebrows when I tell people I make this. If you can pour water into a pot and press a button, you can make peanut butter. Now - do it! :)

PS - I forgot to mention this in the video, but refrigerate after you jar it. Also, I make several batches at once so I don't have to make more every other day.



Thursday, October 10, 2013

Intro to the Video Blog!

So, come to find out some of you actually are still reading this?! I am so happy - and sad that I haven't kept up better! But have no fear - I'm switching direction a bit to make things easier on everyone. I'm a slow writer - and a fast talker. Introduce: the video blog. I hope you like this, but by all means, let me know! This site is for you guys. And I apologize upfront, I swear I tried to keep this short. I really did. Hm...maybe I *should* rethink the writing thing...