Vegan MoFo: Fasolia

I can't believe Vegan MoFo is almost over.  I was so nervous about doing this as I started my blog about 4 days before this wonderful event started.  This has been a great way to learn new recipes, hear about new restaurants, see some amazing photos of vegan food and most importantly meet some great people!

As you can tell by my posts yesterday I was a bit of a slacker and didn't get my post up.  This soup was what I had intended to post so I decided that today you will get 2 postings for the price of 1.

A friend gave me this recipe and said I was welcome to share it on my blog.  It is a soup she makes often and it sounded great.  

Onion and garlic

Beans after little boil

Veggies

The recipe is as follows:


Fasolia


1 1/4 cups of Great Northern Beans (about 1/2 package)
2 cloves garlic
1 or 2 carrots chopped
2 celery stalks and leaves (chopped)
1 large onion (chopped)
small bunch of fresh parsely (chopped) or some dry parsely
1/2 can (small 8oz) tomato sauce
6 tbl. olive oil
1 tsp salt
a little ground pepper

sort bean, check for rocks and bad beans
cover beans with water
cover pot and boil for 5 to 10 minutes
meanwhile have another pot of water boiling
throw out the water from the boiling beans (once 5 to 10 minutes passes) and add the new water to the beans (about 6 cups)
add all ingredients
simmer low (covered pot) for about an hour to 1 hour 15 minutes
add boiling water if needed
cook until beans are soft

This was delicious.  I will be making more of it in the future.  Hope you enjoy.

Vegan Mofo: White Bean and Roasted Garlic Soup

As I write this I must admit that I am still thinking of the delicious soup that I just had for lunch.  I have been wanting to make soup for days now.  I had seen the perfect recipe. It looked quick to pull together , minus making beans,  which wasn't a must. A perfect recipe for someone with a small amount of cooking time.  It sounded delicious White Bean and Roaster Garlic Soup from Vegan with a Vengeance.

As you can see below I decided to make my own beans.

Cooking

So easy to make and they taste great.

Read to be used for soup

Roasted garlic right out of the oven.

Just waiting to be added to the soup.

I must say I did add a few extra cloves.  Help keep the vampires away  :).

Cooking up

Blended soup

I loved this soup.  It wasn't to heavy and had wonderful flavors.  The smell of the garlic getting pureed was worth it.  Besides making the beans and roasting the garlic, which I had done the night before, this soup came together very quickly.  It was a winner and I will be making it again.  In fact I enjoyed it so much I have posted the recipe below.

A bowl of heavenly soup

White Bean and Roasted Garlic Soup (from Vegan with a Vengeance)


Do you have a favorite soup?

Vegan MoFo: The Comfort of Soup

The other day it was rainy and cold here.  Fall had finally arrived so in that spirt I decided to make some soup.  I wanted to try out a recipe from one of my cookbooks so off I went in search of a great recipe.  I'm not sure what came over me but 3 soups later I was done.  The soups turned out wonderful and I sent some with a friend to work and have been getting emails ever since about how great the soups are.  YIPPEE!  It's always feels great when you make something and people enjoy it.

Broccoli Potato Soup with Fresh Herbs from Veganomicon.  This had fresh mint and dill in it.  I wouldn't have thought of this herb combination but it was fantastic.  This soup has quickly become a go to recipe.

Broccoli Potato Soup with mint and dill

Cravin' Corn Chowder from Native Foods Cookbook.  This soup is pureed with some additional corn put in for garnish.

I had this Corn Chowder for lunch the other day and it was wonderful.  Very filling, rich and flavorful.

Potato Leek Soup from the Urban Vegan cookbook.  The recipe has you puree this soup.  I did leave some chunks of potato in there.  Next time I would puree it all as I enjoyed the pureed soup so much.

Everyone seems to have enjoyed the soups but had favorites ones.  I would say they were all a big hit and I have enjoyed eating all of them.  I would be happy making any of them again.  My first big day of soup cooking was a big success.  I can't wait to try more.