Guest guest Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 This weekend was spent trying out a few new recipes from my favorite cookbook (How to Cook Everything Vegetarian). I started off by making vegetable stock from scratch for the very first time . It is quite easy to do, just takes time and patience. While the stock was simmering I tried out a new dessert. I'm looking for new ideas for holiday recipes, you see. This was from the same cookbook, and it's basically a pear upsidedown cake. It's pretty heavy still, and more like a bread then a cake, but I think one more try and I'll have the recipe adjusting ok. When the stock was done I made two soup recipes, one is a roasted tomato and brown rice soup. No protein in the recipe, but I plan to just add some each time I have it and vary things up. So I hardboiled some eggs, and bought tofu, seitan, and tempeh. I'll add something different each time I reheat it. The other recipe is a Senegalese Peanut Soup, which I added seitan to and am enjoying as I type . Both required vegetable broth to make, and I used my homemade in it. It was a fun weekend! Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Oh Heather, I have been looking for a good tomato soup recipe. Would you mind sharing yours? Pretty please LOL Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Of course! It is adapted from Mark Bitman's How to Cook Everything Vegetarian Cookbook (pg 113-114). 1 cup sun dried tomatos (not packed in oil!) 1 28 ounce can whole peeled tomatos 1/4 cup olive oil 1 tablespoon minced garlic 1 small onion, chopped 6 cups vegetable stock 1 cup brown rice salt and pepper 1) preheat the oven to 375F. Put the dried tomatoes in a heatproof bowl and cover with 2 cups boiling water (the amount is important because you'll reuse the water later). Drain the canned tomatoes, reserving the liquid. Cut them in half and put them in a shallow roasting pan. Drizzle with 2 Tablespoons of the olive oil. Roast, turning over every 15 minutes or so until they are lightly browned. (this took me an hour, the recipe says 30 minutes... so just keep an eye on it). 2) While the tomatos are cooking, take your soup pot, add the rest of the olive oil and onions and garlic. Cook them over low heat, slowly carmelizing them. 3) put 1 cup of the vegetable broth in the blender. Drain the dried tomatos, reserving the liquid. Add them to the blender. When the other tomatos are done roasting, add them to the blender. Add the onions and garlic, too. Carefully puree all the ingredients, making sure to take care with the hot liquid! You should leave the lid a little adjar to keep heat from building up. 4) add the liquid from the dried tomatos to the roasting pan. Use a wooden spoon to scrape up all the browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Add this liquid, along with the blender liquid and the rest of the stock to the soup pot. Add rice. 5) Turn heat to high to bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and cook until rice is done. Salt and pepper to taste periodically. I didn't need any salt because of the canned tomatos having it already, but it is personal preference here. There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein Tina Castronovo <tinacastronovo Monday, October 20, 2008 12:27:24 PM Re: trying out new recipes Oh Heather, I have been looking for a good tomato soup recipe. Would you mind sharing yours? Pretty please LOL Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 That sounds delicious! I especially like the brown rice part! -John , Heather Butler <hawaiihmb wrote: > > Of course! It is adapted from Mark Bitman's How to Cook Everything Vegetarian Cookbook (pg 113-114). > > 1 cup sun dried tomatos (not packed in oil!) > 1 28 ounce can whole peeled tomatos > 1/4 cup olive oil > 1 tablespoon minced garlic > 1 small onion, chopped > 6 cups vegetable stock > 1 cup brown rice > salt and pepper > > 1) preheat the oven to 375F. Put the dried tomatoes in a heatproof bowl and cover with 2 cups boiling water (the amount is important because you'll reuse the water later). Drain the canned tomatoes, reserving the liquid. Cut them in half and put them in a shallow roasting pan. Drizzle with 2 Tablespoons of the olive oil. Roast, turning over every 15 minutes or so until they are lightly browned. (this took me an hour, the recipe says 30 minutes... so just keep an eye on it). > > 2) While the tomatos are cooking, take your soup pot, add the rest of the olive oil and onions and garlic. Cook them over low heat, slowly carmelizing them. > > 3) put 1 cup of the vegetable broth in the blender. Drain the dried tomatos, reserving the liquid. Add them to the blender. When the other tomatos are done roasting, add them to the blender. Add the onions and garlic, too. Carefully puree all the ingredients, making sure to take care with the hot liquid! You should leave the lid a little adjar to keep heat from building up. > > 4) add the liquid from the dried tomatos to the roasting pan. Use a wooden spoon to scrape up all the browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Add this liquid, along with the blender liquid and the rest of the stock to the soup pot. Add rice. > > 5) Turn heat to high to bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and cook until rice is done. Salt and pepper to taste periodically. I didn't need any salt because of the canned tomatos having it already, but it is personal preference here. > > There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. > --Albert Einstein > > > > > Tina Castronovo <tinacastronovo > > Monday, October 20, 2008 12:27:24 PM > Re: trying out new recipes > > > Oh Heather, I have been looking for a good tomato soup recipe. Would > you mind sharing yours? Pretty please LOL > > Tina > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Thank you!!! Tina On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Heather Butler <hawaiihmb wrote: > Of course! It is adapted from Mark Bitman's How to Cook Everything > Vegetarian Cookbook (pg 113-114). > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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