Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Homemade Vegan "Cream" of Broccoli Soup

I felt like some homemade soup for dinner to warm me up from this snowy whether and I decided to make "cream" of broccoli. It turned out really well, and if anyone has a Vita-mix its super easy, but not mandatory. This soup is full of free vegetables and contains protein without any animal ingredients.

What you need:
3-4 cups Broccoli
2 cups soy milk
1/2 cup onion
vegetable bouillon cube
2-3 potatoes (depending how thick you want it)
1 cup water

What you do:

Peel potatoes and boil until cooked
Boil broccoli until cooked
Chop onion
Dissolve bouillon cube into water
Heat soy milk to a boil
Combine all ingredients in blender or Vita-mix and blend until almost smooth (if you don't have a blender you will need a handheld mixer to puree the ingredients)

Enjoy!

So ok... this soup may look like something a dog would bring up, but C'MON... its broccoli soup and broccoli is green. The canned stuff only has a creamy colour to it because its more like cream soup with some broccoli in it. My broccoli soup is the REAL deal.


Monday, December 1, 2008

Merry Christmas Vegan Style


My boyfriend and I just finished decorating our Christmas tree last night without our puppy Gigi, a toy poodle, attacking a single ornament (thank God).
We had some Soy Nog that I found at Fortinos and it actually wasn't that bad. It is not as thick as regular egg nog but its still had that great cinnamony sweet taste. My boyfriend tried some and said he liked it initially, but then decided that it made him feel sick after. lol. I think its because he knew it had soy in it. lol.
I also bought some soy ice cream, mint marble fudge flavour to get us in that Christmassy kinda mood. lol. Yea I know I am cheesy. It was delicious! The next time I have it though I am planning to put some crushed up candy canes in it to resemble the traditional Candy Cane ice cream I used to eat.

Oh yes.... I almost forgot, I got a Tofurkey Feast for Christmas Dinner. Well... atleast for a part of Dinner, since i am pretty sure i'll be the only one eating it, lol!