TRASH SOUP - soup made of vegetables you saved from the trash!
Today's version features radish tops and Romanesco/broccoli stalks & leaves. Just add a base of onion/carrot/celery/garlic and some potatoes for creaminess and you are good to go ☺️
I bought this huge head of cauliflower for €0,99. We steamed some for dinner tonight with boiled potatoes. I made a delicious lentil gravy-ish thing: soften onion in water/oil/butter. Then add cooked brown lentils with some water, a tablespoon of apple butter and a tablespoon of mustard and some dried sage. Delicious!
CREAMY VEGAN CAULIFLOWER SOUP ⬇️
The rest of the cauliflower I roasted with onion and a garlic (❗) then blended it all together with leftover boiled potatoes, soy milk and salt. Sooooo nice and creamy! And the roasted garlic takes it to the next level.
Threw some sweet potatoes in the oven as well.
I'm always happy when there's some soup in my fridge to fill and warm me up during the week!
So to get my butt back on track I felt like doing some meal prep today. And it's also nice to clear out the fridge!
Turned the last of the frozen apples into apple sauce. (Never freezing apples again! Yuck.)
Frozen mushrooms from definitely pre-corona (another lifetime!) + leftover celery + lonely bell pepper + frozen spinach + salt free chicken seasoning + broth = pretty okay soup! Especially w some Greek yogurt.
Then I made the Oh She Glows' Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal (divine). Added turmeric and flax to get lots of goodness in at the start of the day. I do always use Dutch apple butter instead of maple syrup since that stuff is expensive over here (Netherlands). The recipe makes 6 servings, so I have 3 breakfasts in the fridge and froze the rest for later. Like I said, I'm a cook once, eat thrice kind of girl. Don't wanna push my luck. 😏
Also downloaded the Daily Dozen app, helps me refocus on eating healthy again.
So there are kind people who grow their own stuff and then share it with us. Lately it's been a lot of green endive. I am not a fan of endive but it's healthy and I'm thankful!
In the Netherlands they typically eat it raw, mashed through boiled potatoes. It's not really my thing because it's heavy on the potatoes. So to make it edible, I browned some onions and garlic and then added the endive + radish tops I had on hand. Added a ton of fresh ginger. Made a sauce of sweet soy sauce, rice vinegar, hot sauce, a little bit of sesame oil and some chopped grape tomatoes. Added the sauce towards the end, after the greens had wilted. It was really nice!
Soak orange & lemon peels in distilled vinegar to make your own natural citrus kitchen cleaner 🍋🍊
Recipe:
1/3 vinegar, 2/3 water, tsp clear dish washing soap
Free greens from my garden:. Hollyhock leaves!
Last week at Nonna I leafed through her ancient Sofia Loren cookbook and saw a recipe where she stuffed bell peppers with a a mixture of a soffrito (sautéed garlic, onion,carrot, celery), stale bread moistened with broth, herbs and toasted pine nuts.
I had some old bread lying around in the freezer and now that autumn has officially arrived I really felt like making stuffing, Italian style. The herbs gave it a very savory and meaty flavor. I used ground coriander, dried sage, rubbed ground fennel seeds and fresh rosemary. But instead of stuffing bell peppers, I used it as a topping for roasted pumpkin. It was absolutely delicious.
MY HOMEMADE APPLE SAUCE 👊🏼
Still unemployed and eating is crap but on the bright side: I made gnocchi for the first time from leftover mashed potatoes #thrifty and I have also learned how to can my homemade apple sauce!