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.

Vegan Shepherds Pie

Last night I was looking for a hearty, stick to your ribs kind of a dinner so I decided to make a vegan shepherds pie. Usually I would make two separate meals because my boyfriend eats meat but I decided that that would just be too much work since making a shepherds pie take a while already. It turned out really well. My boyfriend knew it wasn't meat cause I told him but he said he really really liked it. The only change I would make for next time is to cut out the Worcestershire sauce because the veggie meat replacement I used already has a lot of flavour in it.

Here's what you need:

1 lbs ground beef replacement (I used Yves)
1 onion chopped
1-2 cups vegetables - chopped carrots, corn, peas (to save time and work I used frozen mixed veggies)
1 1/2 - 2 lbs potatoes (3 big ones)

1/4 cup soy milk
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

2 tsps vegetable oil (I used olive)
Salt, pepper, other seasonings of choice


What you do:

1 Peel and quarter potatoes, boil in salted water until tender (about 20 minutes).

2 add oil to frying pan.

3 Saute onions in oil (5 mins). Add vegetables, add them according to cooking time. Put any carrots in with the onions. Add corn or peas either at the end of the cooking of the onions, or after the meat replacement has initially cooked. If frozen you don't need to worry about that

4 Add ground beef replacement and saute (8 mins). Add salt and pepper. Add Worcestershire sauce (or don't). If it is getting dry you can add some vegetable stock.

5 Mash potatoes in bowl with soy milk, season to taste.

6 Place meatless mixture in baking dish. Distribute mashed potatoes on top. This is not meant to be smooth or neat, play around a bit

7 Cook in 400 degree oven for about 30 minutes. Broil for last few minutes if necessary to brown the top.

It Serves fourish. My boyfriend was really hungry so it was pretty much gone by the end of the night.

Enjoy!