Good evening friends!
I hope you are having a lovely Thursday. I am absolutely beat tonight. I baked/packed/shipped for about 13 hours today and I am ready to hit the couch do whittle my middle and then hit the couch. ;) Oh, I just remembered- I have a huge sink of dishes to wash too…doh!!
I want to finish off my day of food blogging for you to see what other delicious vegan goodies I had today!
Afternoon snack:
I’m so very excited to tell you about this.
I call it my Faux Candy Cane Cereal :) It’s so festive!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup Nature’s Path Flax Plus cereal
- 1/4 cup Goji berries (an obsession I have forgot to tell you about!)
- 1 T chia seeds
- 3/4 cup hemp milk
- 1/2 Refresh (Chocolate Peppy-mint) Glo Bar
It tasted like a candy cane!!!
The chunks of Refresh Glo Bar were key- the chocolate peppermint flavour from the bar mixed into the cereal and it tasted like a candy cane. Amazing.
This cereal was so filling I didn’t have much of an appetite for dinner. I decided something light would be perfect.
I have never made pumpkin soup before so I thought tonight was the perfect time to try out something new and to use up my leftover pumpkin from my pie.
5 Minute Vegan Pumpkin Soup
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)
- 1 onion, diced (didn’t have, so I omitted)
- 1 16 oz can of pumpkin puree
- 1 1/3 cups vegetable broth
- 3 cups almond milk
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- salt and pepper to taste
- EVOO, parsley flakes, and toasted pepita seeds to garnish.
Directions: Chop onion and cook onion in EVOO until tender in a large pot. Add the rest of the ingredients (except garnishings) and stir well. Simmer for 5-10 minutes. Garnish soup with parsley flakes, EVOO, and toasted pepita seeds if desired.
Recipe adapted from here.
I was very skeptical that this soup was going to turn out due to how EASY it was, but wow did I ever love this soup!!! My fears about pumpkin soup are totally gone now. I was tempted to throw in some veggies to beef it up, but I am glad that I didn’t. Sometimes simple is better and I think that applies to pumpkin soup.
I had a slightly heavy hand when pouring the olive oil onto my soup, so please disregard all the olive oil on top. hehe. ;) I love a bit of EVOO on top of the soup and then I mix it in with my spoon. It tastes so smooth and satisfying. The toasted pepita seeds gave the soup a nice crunch.
Dessert was this bad boy:
I may have a light snack while watching Gossip Girl tonight. If that is the case I will likely have my usual Darvida crackers and salsa for a light snack.
Deeeelicious!
Oh He Glows just called me and he said his car is on EMPTY and he is about 20-25 minutes from home. The only problem? He forgot his wallet today!! :( I offered to go meet him but he said he will call me if it stalls. Oh boy…
Is there a new Office on tonight? I sure hope so. Onto episode 12 (??) of Gossip Girl Season 1 tonight. Can I just say that Vanessa is annoying?? It is clear that she has ulterior motives…Dan better not mess up what he has with Serena!
BON SOIR MES AMIES!
I hope OHG doesn’t run out of gas before making it home. I have to try the pumpkin soup — sounds delicious!
Faux candy cane cereal! How creative! Love it ;)
oh my god, the soup and the cereal look so good!! where do you find goji berries?? i’ve been looking for them like crazy in the states, but i haven’t been able to find them!!
i got these ones from Bulk Barn in Canada
Mmm, I love the sound of that cereal! I am already feeling super festive so I am definitely going to try a variation on that. Here’s hoping Eric makes it home ok, car troubles are no fun. :(
-K
That cereal bowl looks sooooooo good!!!! I hope Eric makes it home ok!!
Just wait until you get to THIS season of GG. Oh lawdy!
That pumpkin soup looks so easy & delicious!
I def will have to try the Refresh Glo Bars at some point!
OMG that soup sounds so simple and delicious! I am bookmarking this now :)
Also, that candy cane cereal creation! Your genius never ceases to amaze me, chica.
Yum. That soup looks delicious.
And so does your power snack. It actually looks quite Christmassy!
I hated Vanessa too! But honestly she’s grows on you and I’ll leave it at that!
Grey’s Anatomy is on in 45 minutes which means I have 45 minutes to finish my self evaluation!
Goodnight!
hahaha “Oh HE Glows”.
I love peppermint/candy cane flavors. It’s one of my favorite things about the holiday season. Hmm… I think you may have just inspired a recipe!
Have fun watching GG!
everything you make always looks so good!
I have an off topic question. How do you get a successful blog, like everyday like a billion people visit yours im sure, and you always get TONS of comments. I have a blog, its still new, but i dont know how to get my name out there or anything? Any tips?
I really don’t get that many visitors…its really just OSGMOM posting under different avatars…hahaha. ;)
There really is no magic formula for success…I always say do find something unique that you can contribute and make sure it is something you are passionate about.
That sounds like something Hunni would do. I hope he got home safe.
That pumpkin soup looks amazing!! YUM!!
Your cereal also looks pretty darn good. :)
Now you’ve surpassed me in the gossip girl season 1. I must rent the second volume!
That pumpkin soup looks incredible — definitely going on my “must make” list!
I’m not sure I can thank you enough for your support of #VeganWeek, but I’ll try. I’m blown away by what happens when bloggers and readers from all different walks of life come together. It sounds cheesy (bad vegan pun?) but I truly believe that anything that forces us to think about what we’re eating and where it comes from is good.
You are getting so much love on the guest post you did for me — I hope you are reading the comments!
Thank you for doing it! I was blown away by the response from the blogging community. It was so interesting to see what everyone did. I love an open mind!
Love that quick soup!
Dear Angela,
Please come to my house and feed me.
Love, Michelle
p.s. I added chia seeds to my pizza dough last night–the egg replacer idea–it was awesome. LOVED IT!
haha I would hop a plane to visit in a heart beat…Eric wants to take me there someday :)
great idea about chia seeds in pizza dough!
That pumpkin soup looks really, really amazing Ange! I can’t wait to try it out :-D
What a simple and delicious looking pumpkin soup! I like a little extra olive oil in my soup too. :)