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Vegan Potato Soup Cooking Show on Blab

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Vegan Potato Soup

I make the most amazing vegan potato soup ever!  I just do.  In my younger days as a deli goddess, this soup was a huge hit!  What I noticed was if I didn’t add meat, it was still a hit.  What I also noticed is that my profit margin was greater without the additional cost of meat.  Win-Win.  In my own home this soup has evolved from making homemade stock with a ham bone to the version you see on the video below.

potato soup (blab)

Print the Recipe

For the recipe you can print the recipe, show notes and random information that was in my head as I put together this video. Download the potato soup PDF here!Potato Soup

 In this show . . .

I really make two different soups.  The first soup is my soup–I love potato soup with celeriac or celery root.  The second soup is almost the same but it has chunks of carrots and celery vs. the celery root–the flavor is a little more intense with the celery root.  The other small difference is my soup has more garlic :-)!

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Plant Based Nutrition Tips

  • This recipe lends itself to switching out peppers for yellow and green zucchini.
  • Adding brown rice adds a hearty touch to this recipe.
  • Try roasting the carrots instead of sautéing them.
  • Switch out leeks for the onions.
  • Top with mango salsa.

Be Blessed as you eat and live with L.O.V.E.

oxox, Renee

Salad Bar 101: How to get your family to enjoy a salad!

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I don’t eat GREEN Salad!

Can you imagine my kid said that to me.  “Mommy, I don’t eat green food.”  Really?  Your Mom is a food writer, vegan chef, food photographer, micro farmer–how can you not eat green?

salad bar

Respect

I respect that my kid doesn’t like to eat green food.  He really means he doesn’t like salad.  And what he really, really, really means is that when he eats salad he feels like he will choke.  Cooked spinach, the same thing.  Kale?  Takes too long to chew.  I almost get it–in our house, you can not like something but you need to try it and tell me why you don’t like it.  If I suspect that he isn’t being less than sincere in his actions I will ask him to write a 500 word paragraph on why he doesn’t want to eat . . . . fill in the blank.  If he doesn’t feel like explaining it to me, he eats it.  Usually, I get a nice essay on “the dressing is a bit too acidic for my liking.”  My kids probably watch a little too much Cutthroat Kitchen . . .

Renee’s How-To:

My how to get your family to eat salad is really simple!  Like most things in life we tend to complicate the issues!

  1. Model the behavior.  If you eat salad or try new things, your kids will too.  Please do NOT hold your children to a standard that you don’t uphold yourself.
  2. Make it fun–add fruit and veggies.
  3. Make it colorful!  Red strawberries next to yellow peppers make the plate visually interesting–it gives us a pause . . . when we pause new ideas have the chance to form.
  4. Plan ahead–if you cut up broccoli and peppers for the salad and no one eats them . . . plan on adding them to a stir fry.  (the other dinner options are on the downloadable pdf below.)
  5. Creating a salad bar is a great way to introduce a new food with a familiar food.  I have found that I’m more receptive to trying a new food if I have a comforting familiar food on the plate as well.  Try it!

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The Show!

 

Do you want my show notes?  My cheat sheet?  Salad101  Click on the link to download your own .pdf cheat sheet.  Or you can read a few of my other articles on salad!

1. Make your own salad dressing.

2.  Sweet Potato Salad (a great summer salad!)

3.  Make Ahead Salad (great for lunches)

 

Be Blessed as you eat and live with L.O.V.E.,

oxox,  Renee

 

Classic Stir Fry Veggie Dinner!

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Classic Stir Fry Veggies

You know what I love about stir fry?

I cut up a boat load of veggies . . .

Have everyone’s favorite sauce on the side . . .

and if you don’t like it, PICK IT OUT!

That’s right!

#VeganRenee Cooking Tips

  1. Prep up veggies for the week all at once.  Batching makes sense in business, laundry, paying the bills . . . why not save time with your kitchen prep as well?
  2. Find out what everyone likes–when a new food is paired with a familiar food kids are more inclined to try it.
  3. Introduce fruit into your stir fry or on the side–pineapple, mango, sliced oranges are all great additions.
  4. Rice or Noodles?  Why not cook up both?  I use Jasmine rice or Basmati–IMHO the best rice, not at all sticky and mushy.

What Veggies do I use?

  • peppers, yellow, red, orange and green!
  • onions
  • mushrooms (button and baby bells)
  • pineapple
  • jicama
  • potatoes (russet, gold and redskin)
  • carrots
  • broccoli or brocollini
  • cauliflower
  • sugar snap peas
  • beans (I dislike beans but sometimes I add them)
  • leftover butter nut squash chunks or sweet potato chunks
  • bean sprouts

What sauces do I use?

  • Mango
  • Curry
  • Teriyaki
  • Garlic Soy
  • just brown gravy out of a jar–one of my kids loves it.  As much as I dislike the idea of brown gravy I honor the choice.
  • Sweet and Sour made with orange marmalade and hot mustard with a bit of water and cornstarch–so yummy!

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Be Blessed as you eat and live with L.O.V.E.,

oxox,

Renee