Archive for November, 2009
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Curried spinach pea soup
Yet another soup recipe from the
Moosewood New Classics cookbook. I modified this one a fair amount, since it wanted me to use 2 pots, which is against my theory of soup. So I did everything in one pot. I also used frozen spinach instead of fresh, which was fine. Finally, I didn’t purée all of the soup because I thought it would be nice to have some chunks. I later decided that it would be better all smooth, since the spinach was kind of stringy. I also think I would use more spinach and less peas. Other than that, it turned out very nicely. I am hoping for an immersion blender for Christmas to make puréeing soup easier
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Spanish bean soup
This is yet another soup recipe from the
Moosewood New Classics cookbook. I thought Clare would really like it because it called for soy sausage. I used our favorite – Morningstar sausage crumbles. It also called for greens, like swiss chard, kale, or collard greens. I chose kale. We don’t eat kale very often, so I wasn’t sure how good it would be, but it turned out great. It was quite spicy, and had plenty of flavor.
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Arctichoke soup provençal
This is another recipe I tried from
The Moosewood New Classics. The combination of artichokes, dry sherry, and orange and lime lime juice sounded appealing. Unfortunately, it wasn’t that great. I found it was lacking flavor, but I can’t really figure out what I would add to it to make it better.
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Spinach coconut soup
This week has been a bit chilly, and I had a little cold, so it was perfect time for soup. I found a couple nice-sounding recipes in the
Moosewood New Classics cookbook, and decided to try this one, mostly because I had everything on hand. It called for some white rice and potatoes, which thickened it a bit, and also for coconut milk, which is a favorite of mine. I did substitute onions for leeks, because I didn’t have leeks. This is definitely a soup I would make again.
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
Penne with creamy tomato, spinach, and seitan sauce
One day recently I was trying to decide what to make for dinner. I was feeling a little sick, and was looking for comfort food. I thought I would make my
Macaroni and cheese with spinach recipe, but we were out of flour. So instead I whipped up something new. I already had the frozen spinach thawing, so it would have to have spinach. We also still had a bunch of tomatoes from the garden (which had been ripening indoors). So I decided they would be good together. I also wanted it to be creamy, so I used the new trick I learned this summer of blending silken tofu with a little white miso and lime juice. Finally, I added some seitan (mock abalone) for a little more protein. The result was quite tasty.
Tags: creamy, sauce, seitan, spinach
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