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Garden Yummy – Creamy Carrot Ginger Soup

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I had sort of forgotten about the carrots in my garden, because it didn’t look like they were doing anything. But, when I went out the other day to remove the greens, I found that I had several pounds of carrots. Today, I decided to whip up some good fall soup with them. I made this recipe in the pressure cooker, but it could easily be made in a regular pan or even crockpot.

Ingredients

  • 6 large carrots, chopped into 1/2 inch slices pieces
  • 1 onion, chopped into medium chunks
  • 1 T fresh ginger, minced
  • 3 cups of vegetable broth or water plus vegetable broth powder
  • 1 T curry powder
  • 2 tsp turmeric
  • 1 14 ounce can coconut milk
  • 1/2 cup nutritional yeast flakes
  • salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

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Place carrots, onion, ginger, curry powder, turmeric, and broth (or broth powder and water) in pressure cooker. Bring pressure to high and cook for 10 minutes and then turn off cooker and let pressure dissipate.

Remove lid and puree with stick blender, or in food processor if needed. Add coconut milk and nutritional yeast and blend briefly. Return to heat and simmer if needed. Salt and pepper to taste.

We had this with rye bread and it was quite tasty.

Tofu Not-Jerky

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A low-carb vegan snack, salad topping, or sandwich fixin’.

Let me start by saying clearly, this is not jerky. I know there are tofu jerky recipes out there, and this isn’t one of them.  But, it is a chewy tofu recipe that makes a good vegan snack, or sandwich filling item, or salad topper. And, it’s easy. Once you make a batch or two, it can be stuck in the fridge for quite a few days (I don’t know how many, to be honest, because it never lasts long here), and it’s very convenient to grab when you are in a rush.

Ingredients

  • 1 block extra firm tofu (companies should start paying me)
  • 2 T soy sauce
  • 1 T olive oil, sesame oil, or hot chili oil (you can skip or reduce this if looking for lower fat, I often do)
  • 1/2 t liquid smoke (if you don’t have any, or don’t like it, remove and add a bit more soy or water)
  • Some combination of: 1 t minced ginger, 1-2 cloves minced garlic, 1/2 t red pepper flakes

Process

Open tofu and drain. Place block on a cutting board, with the widest side down. Slice into thin slices. I aim for somewhere between 1/8 and 1/4″.  Lay out slices in a single layer on a cookie sheet or baking stone (preferred). In a blender or food processor, mix the soy sauce, oil, liquid smoke, and spices to distribute the flavor of the spices throughout. Brush or sprinkle marinade over slices. Place in oven at 300* and cook until it reaches the texture you like. If you want it to be even chewier, reduce temp down to 250* and cook longer. Cool to room temp or chill and enjoy in whatever form strikes your fancy!

Vegan Lemon Miso Kale

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Last weekend, I attended a cookout where another guest brought a lemon miso kale dish.  I thought I had died and gone to green leafy heaven.  I could barely wait to get my farm share this week and attempt to reproduce it.  Sadly for me, there wasn’t any regular kale in the selections, but I was pretty sure that dinosaur kale would work well enough (and then one of my dang kids chopped up 1/3 of what I picked to give to the lizards, so I didn’t get to make as much as I wanted – grr).  I had planned to look up some recipes, but then when I got home last night, I was in a hurry and just decided to wing it.  This is what I came up with.

2 bunches kale – washed and cut
1/2 sweet onion – diced
1 cup diced carrot
1/2 inch fresh ginger minced
3 T gold miso paste
1 cup water
1 lemon, sliced

Place onion, carrot, and ginger in large fry pan with water and cook on medium until carrots are tender crisp.  Add miso and stir until disolved.  Juice 2/3 of lemon into pan.  Add kale, remaining slices of lemon (for taste and prettiness), toss in miso lemon sauce, and cook until wilted.

And that’s it.  Let it cool slightly before serving and more of the sauce will adhere to the kale.  Extra sauce is great served over brown rice.  It was a big hit here with the non-green-haters.

L