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Recipes Tags: Always gluten-free, Beans, Cabbage, Vegan Soups

By Lisa, January 17, 2022 Posted in Cabbage recipes, Legumes, Soups

Reviving Low-Budget Meals

Saturday’s warning of snow and ice overnight in central North Carolina prompted me to create a new hearty winter soup—Cannellini Cabbage Soup—for all of us to enjoy during the cold months of January and February. It’s substantial enough to serve as a one-pot meal, although it would be happy to be served over a favorite grain and to share the stage with some warm cornbread just out of the oven.

As the price of food has risen precipitously over the past year, eating vegan and vegetarian meals is not only a healthy choice but also great for your family budget.

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Recipes Tags: Peanut Butter, Summer soups, Vegan & Gluten-Free

By Lisa, June 14, 2022 Posted in Appetizers, Soups, Summer soups

Balancing Summer Heat with Cooling Foods

Today’s recipe for Peanut Butter and Cucumber Soup is the perfect remedy for this week’s heat wave hitting the South. It’s going to be 100ºF today in Raleigh, North Carolina, and with the humidity heat index factored in, forecasters promise it will feel like a blazing 109º—too darn hot for June! This is an ideal time to make some fun dishes that satisfy your hunger without ever turning on a stove.

The central ingredient in this delicious soup is, of course, peanut butter—which is a bit heating to the metabolism, according to Ayurveda. For this reason, I balance the recipe with cooling foods: a seeded cucumber, cilantro, and mint. (Cilantro haters can just use more mint!)

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Recipes Tags: Always gluten-free, Chocolate, Mushrooms, Soups, Sweet potatoes

By Lisa, February 10, 2020 Posted in Soups, Sweet potato recipes

A Sweet & Savory Soup for Valentine’s Day

As you plan an alluring vegetarian or vegan meal for Valentine’s Day, I invite you to sample this unique Savory Sweet Potato Soup with Mushrooms & Chocolate Swirl! I owe its inspiration to one of my very favorite and utterly charming movies: Chocolat.

In the movie, the main character, Vianne (Juliette Binoche) opens a chocolate shop that is considered too great a temptation in a conservative French village. If you watch the movie, you’ll see amazing delicacies that will have you lusting after chocolate! One of the movie’s more memorable and talked-about scenes features a chocolate-themed luncheon that Vianne hosts for a friend’s birthday in which chocolate sauces accompany every dish. Her menu features a large turkey and a pork roast, though I’ve often wondered what that meal might look like for a vegetarian feast. Today’s sweet and savory soup is my attempt at the first course!

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By Lisa, February 1, 2022 Posted in Soups, Sweet potato recipes

Easy Elegance for Valentine’s Day

This Sweet Potato Soup with Pecan Butter may be the easiest soup recipe I’ve ever created with the inspiration of Goddess Annapurna—and it may also be the most delicious! You can make it in about 20 minutes if you’re handy with a knife and have Easy Vegetable Soup Stock on hand. If not, you may want to plan to make the stock over the weekend before a Valentine’s dinner…or before any meal when you want to savor something a little different and quite exquisite.

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By Lisa, August 30, 2022 Posted in Soups

Eating Greens Deliciously!

If you’re looking for something new to stimulate your tastebuds, look no further than this Savory Spinach Soup. It can be enjoyed at room temperature during these end-of-summer weeks or warmed up on the stovetop as the cooler nights roll in.

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By Lisa, December 19, 2022 Posted in Shiitake Mushrooms, Soups, Sweet potato recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Entrees

One-Pot Meals to Simplify Holiday Time

When your life is especially busy—like during the holidays—it’s great to have some one-pot meals that are filling and delicious. I recommend this Savory Sweet Potato Soup with English Peas. As you plan different meals for the week your kids return from college or bring their carloads of grandchildren to visit, this hearty soup can make menu planning a lot easier.

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Recipes Tags: Always gluten-free, Carrots, Parsnips, root vegetables, Vegan Soups

By Lisa, January 17, 2023 Posted in Soups, Vegan Recipes

Root Vegetables, Deliciously!

If you can’t get enough soup during the winter months, I have a delicious new recipe for you—Root Vegetable Soup, made two ways.

Readers following my blog for a long time know that sweet potatoes are my favorite root. Being somewhat of a habitual eater, I never tire of them. But even I need a change of pace from time to time, which is what inspired this recipe focused on parsnips and carrots.

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Recipes Tags: Always gluten-free, Legumes, Quick Vegan Dinners, Soups

By Lisa, January 11, 2021 Posted in Easy Vegan Meals, Green Beans, Legumes, Soups

30-Minute Meals

If you’re wondering about how to keep your new year’s resolution about healthier eating without adding extra time to your day, you’ll want to try this easy and flexible recipe for Red-Lentil Soup with Vegetables.

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Recipes Tags: Coconut Milk, Cucumbers, Summer soups

By Lisa, October 19, 2018 Posted in Soups, Summer soups

Bring on the Cucumbers!

Ayurveda’s common-sense dictum is that opposite qualities balance one another—whether in the body, the mind, or the emotions. So, to quell the last of the summer heat, I call for balance and say, “Bring on the cucumbers with this lovely Cucumber and Coconut Milk Soup!”

In this yummy summer soup, the cooling power of cucumber is augmented by coconut milk, cilantro, and mint, all which cool the metabolism even further. Fresh ginger, cumin seeds, black mustard seeds, and lime all aid digestion besides being richly flavorful. They are also warming foods, which bring balance to the dish for vata and kapha types, who tend to be cold natured.

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By Lisa, January 21, 2019 Posted in Legumes, Soups

Introducing Kokum with a Vegan White Bean Soup

It’s bitter cold in North Carolina and across much of the country as I write this blog—a perfect time for a wintry Vegan White Bean Soup. I’ve seasoned it with kokum as a way to introduce this fruit that is unfamiliar to most Americans, although it has been used in Ayurvedic cooking for millennia.

Dried kokum (also known as whole garcinia fruit or mangostein) is used in Indian cooking because of its sour taste. What makes kokum unusual is that, unlike other sour foods—lemon, lime, vinegar, tomato—kokum does not increase pitta’s fiery nature. If you have pitta problems and eat too much of these other sour foods, you can set yourself up for a lot of pitta maladies. These include acid indigestion and acid reflux as well as skin problems, headaches, and

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Reviving Low-Budget Meals

Balancing Summer Heat with Cooling Foods

A Sweet & Savory Soup for Valentine’s Day

Easy Elegance for Valentine’s Day

Eating Greens Deliciously!

One-Pot Meals to Simplify Holiday Time

Root Vegetables, Deliciously!

30-Minute Meals

Bring on the Cucumbers!

Introducing Kokum with a Vegan White Bean Soup