Quick and Easy No-Chicken Noodle Soup

This comes together in a flash and is nice when you feel icky but still need to eat. It really barely needs a recipe!

Ingredients

6 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp Bragg’s aminos
1 package extra firm tofu, diced to 1/3 inch cubes
2 carrots, peeled and sliced thinly
1 onion, diced small
2 stalks celery, sliced thinly
12 cups vegan “chicken” flavored broth
1 lb spaghetti
Salt, pepper, parsley, and oregano to taste

Process

Add 4 tbsp of the olive oil to a large stockpot and sauté onions, carrots, and celery over medium heat until cooked through.

Add broth to pot and turn up temperature to medium high.

In a sauté pan, add remaining olive oil and Bragg’s and sauté tofu until it begins to turn golden brown.

When broth comes to a boil, snap spaghetti into thirds and add to the pot, allowing it to boil for 8 minutes.

Meanwhile, add 2 ladles of broth to tofu and simmer until absorbed into tofu.

By this time your pasta timer has probably buzzed. Check noodles for doneness at an al dente level and then lower temp to medium low and allow to gently simmer 2-3 additional minutes.

Serve by adding desired amount of tofu cubes to bowl and then ladling in broth and noodles.

Sourdough Dinner Rolls

After making some spinach dip, I decided that I needed bread or rolls to serve with it. One of the young people requested rolls that were a little sweeter and lighter than a sourdough loaf. I started with this recipe from Holy Cow Vegan and adjusted from there.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sourdough starter
  • 5 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup aquafaba
  • 1 1/2
  • 3 tsp salt
  • 5 tbsp white sugar 
  • 3/4 cup olive or vegetable oil
  • 1 cup non-dairy milk

Process

Combine all ingredients except milk. Mix with dough hook, adding milk *just* until the dough comes together in a soft ball. Do not over knead.

Place dough ball into an oiled bowl to rise. Cover tightly and place somewhere warm for 4 hours. The dough should double. 

Turn the light on in your oven. Knead the dough briefly and divide into 16 pieces. Shape each piece into a ball and place in 2, parchment-lined baking pans, keeping the rolls slightly apart from each other and from the sides.

Place in the unheated oven with the light still on for 2.5 hours. At that point, they should have risen somewhat in again and will be touching. If not, allow a little more time.

Remove rolls from oven and preheat to 350*. Bake for approximately 30 minutes until golden on top and about 185* internal temperature.

After the rolls cool for 15 minutes in the pan, remove to a baking rack and continue to cool. 

Easy Sourdough Flatbread

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup sourdough starter discard (unrefrigerated or recently refrigerated)
  • 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil
  • 2-3 tablespoons water
  • desired seasonings (dill, rosemary, garlic powder, minced garlic, scallions, sea salt, poppy seeds, etc.)

Process

Mix dry ingredients. Add starter and olive oil. Knead by hand or in mixer with a dough hook, gradually adding the water until the dough is shiny and stretchy. Put dough in a lightly oiled or buttered bowl. Cover and place somewhere warm for an hour.

Preheat skillet or griddle (I used a cast iron griddle) to medium high. Break off golf ball sized pieces. Sprinkle whatever seasonings you want on your counter, press dough into seasoning, and use a rolling pin to roll out to about 1/8th inch. Fry each bread on both sides until they are browned in areas. If it sticks, your skillet/griddle is likely not hot enough.