Category: Soup and Salads

You Won’t Believe Its Vegan Chili

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Recently I set on a quest to perfect my chili recipe so those who are not whole food plant based people, would not miss eating meat in their chili. This original chili recipe came from https://eathealthyeathappy.com/killer-vegan-chili/ but I modified it a little bit. It’s quite a process to make but just like most anything in life that takes a lot of time—it’s sooooo worth it!!

I cooked the recipe for my pinto beans in the instant pot the night before. The recipe link is here https://itsapegslife.com/2019/03/09/delicious-instant-pot-pinto-beans/ They are my family’s favorite, so I thought the added flavor of these beans would just enhance the taste of the chili.

Next step is to make the cauliflower hamburger recipe as follows:

  • 1 head cauliflower, grated in food processor or you can just use your blade, whatever works best for you to make the cauliflower the size of rice grains
  • 6 oz. of button mushrooms, washed, dried and grated/blade in food processor
  • 1/2 c. walnuts, chopped medium (again you can use your food processor)
  • 1 -2 T. cumin
  • 1-2 tsp. chili powder
  • salt and pepper as needed

Put all ingredients in a large bowl and mix together well. I like to use my hands and mix it really good. Taste the mixture to see if it is to your liking. Spread mixture out on a cookie sheet with a splat mat or wax paper on it. If you don’t have a splat mat or wax paper, just spray the cookie sheet with Pam and spread a thin layer of cauliflower mixture on it. I like to use two cookie sheets so the layer isn’t too think.

Cook on preheated 425 degree oven on the upper rack so it’s close to the element for 15 min and then turn the mixture. Cook again for another 10-15 min. And there you have it–cauliflower hamburger. Let cool.

Now for the Chili—–

You Won’t Believe Its Vegan Chili

Ingredients:

  • 2 medium onions, chopped
  • 2 1/2 Tbs chili powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp dried basil
  • 1/4 tsp chipotle powder
  • 2 Tbs cumin
  • 1/2 tsp oregano
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1 1/2 cups vegetable stock)
  • 2 c chopped bell pepper, any colors

45 oz. cans Pome chopped tomatoes (you can find these at your Harmon’s for those of you that live in Utah)

  • 2 Tbs brown sugar
  • 2 Tbs low sodium tamari or soy sauce
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp liquid smoke
  • 4 c water
  • 2 Tbs fresh lemon juice
  • 1/3 c uncooked quinoa (wash throughly)
  • 2-3 c cooked pinto beans (the homemade beans above)
  • 1 15 oz. can of kidney beans
  • 1 15 oz. can of black beans
  • 1 can sweet corn

Toppings like fresh homemade cashew cream, cilantro, avocado or vegan cheese shreds (optional)

Instructions

  1. Add a small portion of the broth to a large lidded cooking pot. Add onion and saute over medium heat for about 3 minutes.
  2. Add the chili powder, paprika, garlic powder, basil, chipotle powder, cumin, oregano salt and pepper. Add a few splashes of the veg. stock to deglaze the pan and simmer 3-4 minutes. Reduce the heat slightly and/or add more if the spices are burning at all.
  3. Stir in the bell and poblano peppers and the rest of the stock. Simmer about 7 minutes.
  4. Add the Pome tomatoes, brown sugar, soy sauce, salt, liquid smoke and water. Loosely lid the pot and simmer about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  5. Stir in the lemon juice, quinoa, beans, and corn. Reduce the heat to medium low, lid the pot and simmer about 60-70 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add enough water to make it the consistency you like as you need to.
  6. When soup is done simmering add cauliflower mixture. I like adding about half of it but you can add as much as you want.
  7. Serve with your favorite toppings.

I like to make this the night before I serve it and then reheat in the slow cooker. Sooooo good!

Chunky Miso Vegetable Soup

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My hubs, Natalie (daughter) and I are visiting my oldest daughter, Brianne, and her family in Spokane, Washington, for Spring Break. She is quite the Wonder Woman. She had a menu all planned out and groceries bought to make dinners and I totally LOVED IT! Seriously, I don’t know how she does it all with working full time, raising my adorable twin grandsons, and keeping up with her household chores, but she’s pretty amazing at all of it. We are having the best time with our grandsons!

Natalie and I whipped up a delicious meal tonight, which was Friday nights fare. DELICIOUS!! This recipe is taken from my favorite cookbook, and by now, you know what that is, right? Haha “Isa Does It!” Oh and by the way, if you have not heard, the winner of the “Isa Does It” cookbook was Jeny Monson! I hope she loves it and much as I do. The contest was so fun. Thanks so everyone for entering. ❤️Now back to the matter at hand…….. this soup recipe is definitely one you should keep on hand if you have a cold because it will definitely satisfy. We served it with toasted sour dough bread. Yum!

CHUNKY MISO VEGETABLE SOUP

By: Isa Chandra Moskowitz

• 1 large yellow onion

• Pinch of salt

• 2 cloves garlic, minced

• 1 cup peeled carrots in ¼ inch slices

• 2 ribs celery, cut into ¼ inch slices

• 4 cups of cauliflower florets

• 1 cup green beans, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces

• 6 cups vegetable broth

• Several pinches of fereshly ground pepper

• 1 15ounce can of kidney beans, rinsed and drained

• ½ cup mellow white miso

• 1 cup thinly sliced scallions

Preheat a 4-quart pot over medium-high heat and add a small amount of veg. broth. Sauté the onion with a pinch of salt until softened, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and sauté for 30 seconds, until fragrant. Add the carrots and celery and sauté for 3 minutes or so. Add the cauliflower and green beans, along with the broth and pepper. Cover the pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat to a simmer and cook with the lid slightly ajar so steam can escape for 10 minutes, or until the cauliflower is tender.

Add the kidney beans and miso and stir to dissolve the miso. Once dissolved, taste for seasoning. Add the scallions and serve. If you wanted to add a little more protein, you could add firm tofu as well.

 

Enjoy!

Sweet Potato and Beet Green Soup with Farro

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So first off in this post, I have to give a shout out to my girl, Natalie’s, study group friends at Utah Valley University :).  I have a new group of fans :).  Love it!  Anyway, they made my day.  I always love it when I get feedback from you about trying my recipes and your success or failure when trying recipes I post (hopefully not so much failure as success LOL).  If you ever have any questions about recipes that are on the blog, please ask away!!  I love helping friends discover their some times hidden talent of cooking. :).

Whenever I ask anyone if they have tried farro, which is my new fav, by the way, friends always say, “What is farro?”.  Farro is a grain, similar to wheat, but it is not gluten free, so I’m sorry about that for all of you celiacs friends.  It is perfect in this soup recipe. My hubs and I think it is so hardy and oh, so so good!  You’ve got to try it.  It’s also a great source of iron and extremely high in fiber. I’m going to be posting more recipes with farro just because I LOVE IT!!

One thing I would do different next time in this recipe is add a can or two of white beans.  I added this ingredient to recipe as an option.  I think it would be the icing on the cake haha.  I loved this recipe and will definitely be making it again!

Also, I decided to use my Instant Pot to speed things up a bit, but I cooked mine a tad bit too long.  I used the “soup” setting and I set it for 15 min.  I think 10 min would be perfect.  I’m still trying to perfect my cooking technique with the Instant Pot.  We are very slowly becoming friends hehe.

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Sweet Potato And Beet Green Soup with Farro

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Adapted from a willcookforfriends.com recipe

Course: Soup

Prep Time: 15 min

Cook Time: 45 min Stovetop or 15 min total Instant Pot

Total Time: 1 hr Stovetop or 45 min Instant Pot

Yield: 8 servings

Serves: 8 Scale

Ingredients

  • 1 small yellow onion diced
  • 1 bunch beet greens (from about 4-6 beets) washed, stems removed and diced, leaves roughly chopped (steamed for approximately 4 min and submerged in a cold bath to shock it) I did not cook my stems but saved them to saute with the onion and garlic.
  • 3-4 cloves garlic minced
  • 3 medium sweet potatoes peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes (about 4 cups)
  • 1⁄2 tsp. each ground cumin, sweet paprika, and tumeric powder
  • 1 cup farro
  • 6 cups low sodium vegetable stock
  • 2 cans white beans (optional)
  • 1⁄4 cup fresh parsley chopped (2T. dried parsley)
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • green onions for garnish

Directions for stovetop:

  1. In a large pot, add a little of the broth, onion, beet stems, garlic, and a big pinch of salt. Saute for about 5 minutes, or until the onions have begun to turn translucent. Add the cumin, paprika, and turmeric, and cook for another 1-2 minutes to toast the spices.
  2. Add the sweet potato and farro, followed by 5 cups of stock. Bring to a simmer, then cover and reduce the heat to low. Cook for about 45 minutes, or until the farro is tender.
  3. Add in the cooked beet greens, and cook until the greens are nice and warm.  It won’t take long, just 1-2 min. Add salt and pepper to taste, and if the soup is too thick, a bit more water or stock. Stir in parsley at the very end.
  4. Soup can be served immediately, or cooled down and stored in the fridge for up to five days, or the freezer indefinitely. The farro will continue to absorb some more liquid as the soup cools, so if you reheat it and it seems too thick, add a bit more water or stock, and adjust the seasoning if necessary.

Directions for Instant Pot (IP):

  1.  In the Instant Pot add a little of the broth, push the saute button and wait until the IP heats up and add onion, beet stems, garlic, and a bit pinch of salt. img_9868
  2. Saute for about 5 min, or until the onions have begun to turn translucent.  Add cumin, paprika and turmeric, and cook for another 1-2 min to toast the spices (this is what we call blooming the spices and you can smell how fragrant they are and it’s delightful :).
  3. Add the sweet potato and farro, followed by 6 cups of stock.  img_9870
  4. Cover with the lid and lock it (on mine, you hear a chime sound when it locks) and push the cancel button, and now push the soup button and adjust the time to 10 min. Now you just have to wait…………..BUT while I waited I couldn’t help but treat myself to a slice of this delicious banana pumpkin bread haha.  I was starving after work.  I’ll share the recipe very soon :).  It’s delish!  Anyway, I digress haha.img_9872
  5. After the IP beeps, release the pressure and wait for it to all release and then remove the lid.  Add the canned beans (optional) and cooked beet greens, stir and taste, but be careful not to burn your mouth.  It’s crazy hot!  We topped ours with a few green onions and it was so good!  Enjoy!

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Peg’s Three Bean Soup

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This time of year makes me crave some good soup! The other night I came home from work and started throwing some deliciousness in a pot thinking that it wouldn’t be all that great, BUT it was so so good! Enjoy!


Sauté together:

1 yellow onion

1/2 jalapeño

3 garlic cloves

1 teas. cumin

1/2 teas. chili powder

Salt and pepper

A little vegetable broth for sautéing.

After the onion is translucent, add the following:

1 large 25 oz can pinto beans

1 15 oz can garbanzo beans

1 15 oz can black beans

4 c vegetable broth

1 15 oz can diced tomatoes

1 15 oz can of sweet corn or you can use frozen corn as well

Simmer for approxima 30 -40 min and serve with Costco uncooked Tortillas, cooked of course :), avocado, vegan sour cream, and fresh green onion on top.  You may want to add more cumin and salt and pepper as well to taste.

Enjoy!!