WHY?
Well, I made the worst decision *EVER* yesterday: I decided to BAKE.
(And yes, I do realise that it's somewhat odd that I have a day off from work due to a public holiday, and I spend the day doing ... what I do every day at work anyway...)
I made chocolate chip cookies, spicy pumpkin & herb scones and tomato chutney. We ate the scones with chutney and a salad for lunch. Then we decided to watch a movie (Con Air - I realised I have never seen it before, I was getting it confused with another movie... and anything with Nicolas Cage in it is fine with me...) so I made some popcorn. Then it started getting chilly so I made a cup of tea. Then I needed a chocolate chip cookie to go with my tea...and then another one...
I redeemed myself with potato & leek soup for dinner, but alas, my health kick died the second I started flipping through my recipe books with my morning coffee...
HOWEVER!
I have decided that this is just a minor stumble on my (long and weary, and sometimes chocolate coated) road to a happier and healthier body.
I have discovered SOUP.
Ok, so technically I didn't discover it. But generally my soup consists of throwing everything in the pot and waiting til its cooked. I hardly ever cook a proper soup, from a recipe, except pumpkin soup. But, this week I made a delicious spicy lentil and sweet potato soup. (I don't think DF was overly fond of it, but that's hardly the point here, because *I* liked it). Then I got all enthusiastic about it and made the potato and leek soup I mentioned before. So I think soup is going to be my answer in the battle against winter hibernation-weight-gain. Soup and herbal tea.
If anyone has any good vegetarian soup recipes PLEASE share! Or even soup-esque curries, etc. Next week I am going to attempt to make a roast tomato and fresh basil soup, and also a coriander, coconut and pumpkin soup (I have made that one before - I discovered coconut powder which you mix with hot water to make coconut milk, and it has ZERO cholesterol!)
Anyway, so yes please share your recipes. Or even just the names, and I can google it.
so my health kick lasted all of TWO DAYS...
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Sweet Potato and Rosemary Soup
I've been making a lot of soup as well lately, not for diet reason or anything like that, it's just DH and I loves soup when it's cold.
June 9th, 2009 at 04:22 pm 1244560921
Do you eat seafood? I found this recipe for shrimp chowder and it is delicious. I'm sure you could substitute something else for the shrimp.
June 9th, 2009 at 05:31 pm 1244565111
Once I made vegetable ragout--it's like a ratatouille but it had a nice broth and a slightly soupy quality. I got my recipe from the book "Vegan Fire and Spice."
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