Soup & Salad

I’m stocking my freezer with one of my favourite fuss-free soups that I’ve been making for years. That’s how much it is enjoyed around here. This spicy roasted red pepper soup is a hearty vegan option offering a triple pepper threat and will definitely be on repeat. For this soup you can easily use bottled…

I make a different salad every day. When I make a salad, I really get inspired by what I have in my fridge and fruit bowl on my kitchen counter. You can’t really go wrong by putting different chopped up or sliced veggies and fruit in a bowl. The vinaigrette is what brings it all…

Ramen broth can be made many different ways, but to keep mine vegetarian-friendly I like to make a vegetable broth infused with ginger, onion, garlic and dried shiitake mushrooms. To add more depth and that “umami” flavour, I also added a bit of soy/tamari sauce and miso paste. Finishing this bowl with a creamy runny…

Soup season means multiple batches of soup, using whatever I have in the fridge. I’m big on trying different ingredient combinations.  This Leek, Potato and Pear Soup (with no cream) turned out to be a hearty one. All you need to do is purée the soup to get it velvety and creamy. I saved the…

It snowed all day yesterday, so I made a big pot of Carrot, Butternut, Kale and Lentil Soup. A big pot of soup on the stove makes a snow day feel a lot better. I like to make big batches of soup and freeze the extra for another day.  It makes the effort so worthwhile. I…

Spicy Peanut Soup with Sweet Potatoes and Kale is a creamy nutritious soup packed with flavour, spice and only good things. Oh and it’s vegan.  Yes – peanut butter, tomatoes and kale may seem like an unusual combination, but I hope you will give this one a try. A bowl of this deliciousness will warm…

This kale and brussels sprout Caesar salad is simply delicious. With just four ingredients other than the dressing – kale, brussels, pomegranate arils and parmesan crisps. No need for croutons as there’s lots of crunch from the other ingredients.  For the salad ingredients all you need to do is shred the greens. In this case…

I made this hearty soup for my hubby, because beans are a big part of his whole food plant based diet. He loves beans … me not so much. I used dried Lima beans that I soaked overnight. It’s a rustic soup with buttery beans and a rich tomato broth that’s packed with vegetables and…

This chickpea and corn tortilla soup is my kind of comfort food. It’s so flavourful and filling. I whipped it up in no time at all and we enjoyed bowls of steaming soup for lunch yesterday. With the wind howling on an extremely cold day, it was like a hug in a bowl.  I’ve kept…

Meatless Monday calls for a large bowl of colour. This is my soba noodle vegetable salad with spicy peanut dressing. The salad was made with whatever I could find in the fridge – red cabbage, napa cabbage, snow peas, red peppers, heirloom carrots, green onions and arugula sprouts. Topped it all off with toasted cashews…