Spicy Thai Pumpkin Noodle Soup

I got here to Thai cooking many years later after studying Indian cooking, however now I experience the bright and precise warm, sweet and sour fragrances and flavors of Thai soups and curries nearly as much. I maintain a jar of selfmade vegetarian Thai red curry paste on hand inside the fridge at all times to make placing soups like these collectively a snap.

Like most of my Thai soups, this soup functions mushrooms ? Mushrooms are a favourite of mine and flavor delicious swimming in a spicy coconut milk broth ? However additionally rice noodles for texture and heartiness. Pumpkin pur?E added to the broth lends sweetness and a intensity of flavor to make this soup the sort that your visitors will pass again for seconds.

Other Thai soups to experience from Lisa's Vegetarian Kitchen:

Thai-Inspired Sweet Potato Kidney Bean Soup

Creamy Thai Coconut Mushroom Soup

Quick and Easy Thai Coconut Soup with Mushrooms and Mixed Vegetables

Thai Red Curry Vegetable Soup

Best-Ever Cream of Tomato Soup

I do not frequently take to the use of the "pleasant-ever" label lightly unless something is truly exquisite, but I've made this cream of tomato soup now on some events for family and pals and no one can get enough of it. My husband in particular grew up eating canned cream of tomato soup with toast for one among his favored snacks or lunches, so he have to recognise ? If this isn't the "satisfactory-ever" cream of tomato soup, it positive need to be near!

The depth of tomato flavor on this soup is outstanding, and enhanced by means of a beneficiant supporting of sweet peppery fresh basil, a few dashes of dried herbs, a light seasoning of cumin and paprika or chili powder spices, and just one fresh jalape?O for the gentlest bit of kick. But what I clearly like about this cream of tomato soup is that the cream comes from coconut milk and a paste made from cashews and nutritional yeast, making the soup no longer handiest vegan however also a honest source of protein ? Not something that you could assume from a can of tomato soup!

Other tomato soups to attempt:

Urad Dal Tomato Soup

Tomato Soup with Polenta Croutons and Chive Oil

Puy Lentil and Tomato Soup

Spicy Yellow Lentil Tomato Soup

Mung Beans with Fresh Mustard Greens

This easy and spicy mung bean dish is my second foray into cooking with mustard veggies. I've quite fallen in love with the sparkling peppery flavor of those greens seeing that I recently observed them in a nearby Asian supermarket. Rather as even though fresh chard leaves were infused with a bit hot mustard, they're a delicious snacking green on their personal but add texture and a zesty warmth to cooked bean dishes as properly. And they integrate splendidly with the medley of warm and fragrant Indian seasonings and spices in these creamy mung beans.

Mustard vegetables are quite popular in Asia, so that you should be able to locate them in Asian grocers ? They're well worth the look. If they're no longer available, replacement kale, spinach, chard or collard veggies and upload a pinch of dried mustard powder.

More mung bean dishes from my kitchen:

Mustard Mung Beans

Indian Style Spicy Mung Beans

Mung Bean Paneer

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Filling and Ganache - Vegan

Surely this is the most divine layered cake I actually have made yet. I made it for Christmas, but it's been sitting in my draft folder considering the fact that. I don't consume eggs, so I adapt baked goods to in shape my options. Moist, candy, however now not overly so, and it's far vegan, even though you'll now not recognise if I didn't inform you. The cake isn't too tough to make either, and the result, nicely try it and flavor.

Other desserts to enjoy from my kitchen:

Olive Oil Almond Cake Vegan

Chocolate Chili Cake

Moist Chocolate Date Cake

Rich Chocolate Bundt Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate Glaze

Baked Quinoa Brie Cakes with Sun-Dried Tomatoes

As a great deal as I revel in vegan food, there are times whilst simplest cheese will do. Paneer, creamy goat cheese, brie, feta and additional vintage Cheddar are only a few of my favorites. Here brie is incorporated with some grain to make a few baked savory desserts served with some basil pesto.

Other baked savories from Lisa's Kitchen you can enjoy:

Baked Mushroom Arancini

Baked Quinoa Falafel Bites

Spicy Baked Chickpea Koftas

Baked Chickpea Kofta Tacos with Avocado and Harissa

Oat and Peanut Butter Energy Nibbles

I'm a peanut butter addict, and additionally a huge fan of uncooked treats and little bites. These clean-to-make raw peanut butter and oat balls are a extremely good source of protein and an awesome healthy snack except. They aren't too sweet, with handiest a small quantity of maple syrup and coconut sugar added, along with a few dried cherries and some greater dark chocolate. You may also need to have greater than just a few nibbles, however they're unexpected filling if you only simply have one little ball.

I realize it's been quiet round here recently, however with the blazing unseasonable warmth wave that has been occurring for some weeks right here in London, Ontario, I haven't an awful lot felt like cooking. And to suppose, simply earlier than this started, there has been talk of turning on the furnace.

Other raw treats you can revel in from Lisa's Kitchen:

Raw Peanut Butter Fudge

Essentially Raw Pumpkin Bites

Raw Nut and Seed Chocolate Chunk Mint Energy Balls

Creamy Chickpea Flour Peanut Butter Maple Fudge

Chickpea Flour Scramble

If chickpea flour isn't already an crucial component on your pantry, you ought to begin adding it. Made with the aid of grinding uncooked chickpeas, the protein and nutrient wealthy flour binds a good deal better than maximum other gluten-free flours ? Even without eggs or oils ? Making it a flexible aspect in vegan baking.

One of the most exciting examples of the flexibility of chickpea flour is that, by combining it with water and a touch baking powder, it is able to be used as a crushed egg itself. I even have misplaced the flavor for eggs themselves, but with chickpea flour I can make a simple and brief vegan "scrambled eggs" with all the taste and texture of the scrambled eggs that I used to enjoy all the time years ago.

Scrambled eggs or chickpea flour is continually greater interesting with an assortment of veggies and seasonings ? Particularly mushrooms. But the vegetables ? Like the seasonings ? That I used on this recipe are most effective a suggestion ? Use some thing you have reachable, like diced purple pepper, spinach, or some thing fits your fancy. The chickpea flour batter itself can be made ahead of time and refrigerated in a single day to make a scramble in no time the next morning.

Other recipes offering chickpea flour:

Vegan Chickpea Flour Omelette with Vegetables

Chickpea Flour (Besan) Cr?Pes with Spinach

Scrambled Chickpea Flour with a Fiery Red Chili Paste

Chickpea Flour Pissaladières with Caramelized Fennel & Onions