Friday, October 26, 2012

I Am An Accidental Culinary Genius

I eat a lot of soup, especially this time of year.  It's filling, it's handy to bring to work, and I can make a big batch of it on Sunday and then eat it for the rest of the week.  People who don't eat the same thing for days in a row are strange, curious creatures to me (what do you do with the leftovers if you don't eat them!?!?!).  I was particularly stoked to discover recently that a pal of mine from grad school started a blog.  If there is one thing that I know about this girl, it's that she loves wine.  If there are three+ things I know about her it's that: 1. She's serious about food  2. She's vegetarian like me!  3. She's a good writer.

All these things add up to create the melange that is my new favorite blog, and after reading her recipe for Cleansing Mulligatawny, I knew I had to try to make it, and incorporate my most beloved kitchen item, the crockpot.

Only problem was, when I went to buy supplies to make the soup, I only bought cabbage, two jalepenos and Bragg Liquid Aminos.  I either forget to get the rest, or thought I already had it (I did not).  The soup that I ended up making, however, was amazing!  Also, strangely, much more similar to another recipe my friend posted: Lonna's Everything Vegan Detox Soup, but I wasn't even looking at that one!  Must have internalized it.

Anyway, that's just a long rambling lead in to tell you that I either invented or copied a fantastic recipe, which I'm just calling cabbage soup, that is both insanely good for you and super cheap to make!

Ingredients:
  • 1/4 head of cabbage cored and chopped small
  • 1 jalepeno diced
  • 2 vegetable boullion cubes (or two cups stock)
  • 1 can crushed tomatoes
  • 3/4 cup either lentils or Bob's Red Mill Whole Grains and Beans Soup Mix (something to give the soup some protein and a bit of fun texture
  • Dash of curry powder
  • Dash of garlic salt
  • Wee bit of Olive Oil
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
Directions:
  1. Add all ingredients to the crock pot
  2. Stir
  3. Cook on High for five hours or Low for ten
Seriously, this soup is so good.  I had it for dinner, and immediately started craving it again.  Tomorrow, I'll probably just have it for lunch and dinner--why not!?

3 comments:

  1. Hey Frugaler - I'm excited to try this soup! Is the can of crushed tomatoes a big one (28 ounces)? I'll have to check out the other ones you liked to as well.

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  2. I used the 14.5 ounce, but that's only because my crockpot is kind of small. If you have a bigger one, I recommend increasing the amount of ingredients and filling it up! So good!

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  3. Wife has that thing where she doesn't want the same thing for lunch every day. Me, I'm like, I could eat PB&J sammiches every day for life and not get tired of them, especially for how cheap they are. This causes a lot of conversation between us about how to vary the menu. :)

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