Vegan Potato and Kale Soup
This Vegan Potato and Kale Soup is simple, nourishing, and delicious. It’s pretty heavy on greens so If you are not used to that much green, you can cut back or use a softer more mild green like spinach. Feel free to add more herbs like bay leaf, thyme, marjoram etc.
8 – 10 oz. cauliflower
1/4 cup rolled oats
1 onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
5 cups water
1 1/4 cups white potato, cut in 1/2 inch cubes
1 t dried rosemary
1 bunch kale, chopped
Juice from 1/2 lemon or 1 T apple cider vinegar
Steam cauliflower in a small amount of water until tender. Blend smooth with 1/4 cup of rolled oats adding a little water if needed to blend. Set aside.
Sauté onion until it starts to brown. Add garlic and cook for 1 minutes. Add water, potato, rosemary and kale. Cook until potato and kale are tender.
Add blended cauliflower and lemon juice or vinegar. Salt to taste.
Cream of Broccoli Soup
6 – 8 cups water
2 heads of broccoli with stalks (enough for 4 cups chopped florets)
Florets from 1/2 head cauliflower
1 medium yellow sweet potato, baked (enough for about 1 cups mashed)
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 stalks celery, finely chopped
2 medium carrots, chopped
1 t marjoram
Fresh group pepper as desired
Place 4 cups water in a sauce pan. Cut off stalks from broccoli, trim, slice and place in a sauce pan with 4 cups water. Add cauliflower florets. Cover and steam until tender.
Saute onion in a soup pot or large sauce pan over medium high heat until it starts to brown. Add a little water if needed to keep from sticking. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add celery, carrots, and chopped broccoli florets. Cook until tender.
When cauliflower and broccoli stems are tender, blend with sweet potato, including cook water from vegetables, until creamy. Pour into soup pot. Add more water if needed to thin. Stir in marjoram and pepper and heat through.
Immune Boosting Chili
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1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup canned or bottled chopped green chilies
2 cups chopped mushrooms, cremini or white button
4 cups water or veggie broth
1 14 oz. can diced tomatoes
1 6 oz. can tomato paste
3 cups chopped broccoli
1 tablespoon Kirkland No-Salt Seasoning
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon cumin
2 teaspoons coriander
1 teaspoon onion powder
2 teaspoons dried oregano
2 cups frozen organic corn
2 cups cooked pinto beans
2 cups cooked black beans
2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 cup nutritional yeast (optional)
Sea salt
In a large soup pot, water-saute onion and garlic for 3 minutes. Add next seven ingredients and cook until broccoli is tender. Add remaining spices, corn, beans (if using canned beans, drain and rinse well), and Worcestershire Sauce. Cook 5-10 minutes. Add nutritional yeast and salt to taste.