Hello and happy weekend!
I broke my toe this week and it’s thrown my schedule all out of whack! But I am finally getting back to it. I’ve taken care of that, taken the GRE, and now I’m ready to enjoy my weekend. I have a GameCube and recently bought MarioKart and Animal Crossing, and I’m hoping to buy Zelda or Mario Party Sunshine at some point. But the thing has been a mess because my controller won’t stop vibrating when I shake a tree in animal crossing, and the disc was “unreadable” right as I was about to win in Final Fantasy! So frustrating. So I’ll have a look at it today so that it’s up and running for my weekend relaxation.
This week’s soup is SO GOOD. I know Chicken Noodle Soup is the “go to” for when you’re sick, but this is better. The crushed red pepper flakes (which I love) really do wonders on your sinuses. Literally all you need is a spoonful. Also, its soup! Soup and pasta are by far the coziest foods to eat, you can’t really go wrong.
I got the recipe for this soup from Making Thyme for Health. The blog focuses on plant-based recipes, so if you’re vegetarian, definitely check out some of the other recipes! This recipe was also really simple to make. It’s not a recipe where you can just throw everything into the pot and wait, but the directions are very straight-forward and clear so it’s easy to follow along.
I don’t have a very large soup pot, so I had to modify the recipe so that it would all fit in the pot I was using. I only changed amounts, not ingredients, and I added a lot (not really) of red pepper flakes. I’ve never eaten white beans (I think?) so it was cool to try something new within the recipe. I’ve also never cooked using a can of crushed tomatoes. While they’re not overwhelmingly new experiences, it was still cool to use new things in my cooking!
It was also great because there was kale in it! Side note, I think kale is gross. Plain, I can’t stand the taste of it. I applaud people who do. It’s really healthy, but so nasty. But recently I’ve been adding it into my smoothies, and my cooking so I haven’t been tasting it as strongly. It’s great because now I get the benefits of kale without the strong taste.
Overall this turned out so delicious and I would and will 100% make this again. It was nice and filling, and the perfect thing to come home to after a “long” day of “working hard.”
To be continued…
Gabriela
Gabriela Maria 