soup

  • Vibrant Beet Soup

    Vibrant Beet Soup

    This warming, vibrant soup is easy to make, uses few ingredients and is ultra nourishing. A powerful blender helps get the texture extra velvety.

  • Easy Curried Lentil & Vegetable Soup (Vegan)

    Easy Curried Lentil & Vegetable Soup (Vegan)

    This easy lentil soup is warm and nourishing, full of vibrant flavours and colours. It’s is a hearty pick-me-up, a real hug-you-from-the-inside kind of meal. My veggie-filled lentil soup is naturally vegan, and comes together in a pinch. With my easy instant vegetable broth trick, you’ll never need store-bought again! I posted this photo…

  • Instant Pot Maple Bean & Onion Soup

    Instant Pot Maple Bean & Onion Soup

    Sugar-shack season is in full swing, and it’s high time to load up on all of the comforts of winter before the season comes to an end. As a vegetarian, my favourite sugar shack main dish has always been baked beans. Similar to the traditional English variety, French Canadian baked beans are usually served…

  • Thai Sweet Potato & Roasted Pepper Soup (Vegan)

    Thai Sweet Potato & Roasted Pepper Soup (Vegan)

    Start with an earthy roasted sweet potato. Combine it with some charred roasted red pepper. Now, add in some rich thai flavours – coconut, lemongrass, ginger, lime, and miso. Purée the whole thing until smooth. You’ve just made yourself a bowl of warm hugs on a cold day. That’s what this soup is –…

  • 15 Minute Black Bean Soup

    15 Minute Black Bean Soup

    On busy weeknights, it’s often really tempting to pop a frozen pizza into the oven and chow down. Easy, yes. Healthy? Sure, if you only eat one portion. Self-control, I do not have. There are tons of nourishing meals that require minimal prep and that can be made just as quickly as frozen food. My…

  • Slow Cooker Mixed Bean Ragout

    Slow Cooker Mixed Bean Ragout

    Looking for something with lots of flavour and very little work? Dust off your CrockPot and make this vegan mixed bean ragout – the perfect dish to warm your soul on chilly winter nights. Set it and forget it, then come home to something magical. Use canned pumpkin purée, canned beans & canned tomatoes…

  • Vegan Soup Stock / Broth

    Vegan Soup Stock / Broth

    After a strange, elongated dance with flu this winter, I craved nothing but soup broth for days. Maybe it was instinctual – my body associates broth with healing, as I was brought up to believe that my Bubbie’s chicken soup was THE Jewish penicillin. A little embarrassed to admit, these days, I’ve been a…

  • Green Pea Soup with Roasted Chickpeas

    Green Pea Soup with Roasted Chickpeas

    Last week, I posted about Brussels sprouts, the little green vegetables trying to shed their bad reputation. Today, I’ll spotlight another miniature green friend, who often gets tossed under the rug (or fed to the dog.) Please, allow me to re-introduce you to the humble sweet green pea. Often cooked until mushy, overdone, brown,…

  • Squash and Carrot Soup with Cumin

    Squash and Carrot Soup with Cumin

    Alright, let’s be real… You usually don’t read past the 3rd line of my blogs before you skip down to the recipe. You know what? That’s ok! You’re still a loyal reader, and you’re interested in the most important part – my food creations! So today, just for you, I’ve taken all of the…

  • Summer Chill (Gazpacho with Basil)

    Summer Chill (Gazpacho with Basil)

    Montreal weather patterns seem to live by the catch-phrase “go big or go home.” We receive frequent weather warnings, which advise us to keep our pets, small children and elderly indoors. The past few days have come with such warnings – today’s was aptly titled “High Heat and Humidity Alert.”  A raunchy 42 degree…