Organic Granny

Okay, so the above picture of the Easy Creamy Celery Soup looks as if some ink has leaked along the one side of the bowl... well, it's an artistic shadow, and I like it.    This smooth and creamy soup is a wonderful tasty addition to any winter-y day.  Easy to make if you have a blender.  If I use the Instant Pot, I do everything on Sauteé- never even put the lid on the thing.  Done in a jiffy. But, otherwise, just cook it in a soup pot like you normally do. However, I am getting ahead of myself! Proceed to Ingredients... ...............  INGREDIENTS: 1/2 C. Water 1/2 Yellow Onion, sliced 1/2 Bunch of Celery (or more, if you wish), chopped (Reserve the Leaves) 1 small peeled Potato, diced 1 small Bay Leaf 2 C. Vegetable Broth (I put 2 cubes of my homemade Golden Boullion in 1 3/4C. Hot Water) 1 C. Water 1/2 C. Full-Fat Coconut Milk (or other non-dairy milk-- the coconut milk does work best) 1/2 C. Fresh Parsley (Optional) Salt to Taste Garnish with Celery L...

This recipe for Brown Lentil and Beet Borscht is an adaptation of a delicious recipe called Beluga Lentil Borscht from The Great Vegan Bean Book: More than 100 Delicious Plant-Based Dishes Packed with the Kindest Protein in Town! - Includes Soy-Free and Gluten-Free Recipes !  The adaptations I've made are largely based on what ingredients I needed to substitute because they weren't in the house. The author, Kathy Hester, provides an option for using oil or not, and a recipe for "Cashew Cream" to serve as a garnish.  There is also an alternate Slow Cooker recipe. This recipe makes 8 servings, which means most of us can put it away to fully savour again on another day.  I freeze mine but it would be wonderful as a home-canned soup!  Now, on with the recipe: INGREDIENTS for BORSCHT: 1 big organic roasted potato, chopped 2 small organic carrots, roasted, chopped 3 medium beets, roasted, peeled, chopped 1 T. water or broth 1 small chopped onion 3 cloves minced garlic 1 t...

Vegan Baked Beans.   When I was a kid, and oblivious to a lifestyle that didn't include dairy, eggs, and chunks of animal flesh, I absolutely loved Pork 'n' Beans from a can.  My mother was a 'modern' 50s mother-- she didn't waste time with baking bread or canning or such.  There were so many other things to do, more interesting than slaving over a hot stove.  We did have a large electric frying pan that contained some sort of 'goulash' every day at lunch time.  Usually the base item was hamburger (there really are 101 ways to serve hamburger).   As a young adult university student, and later, as a young wife and mother in the 70s, I came across Diet for a Small Planet by Francis Moore Lappe.   I relished the lovely vegetarian recipes, mostly swimming in cheese or containing eggs-- ovo-lacto vegetarian.  But it was at that time that I let go of the old myths around needing to eat animal products to be healthy.  By and by, over...