Sunday, January 9, 2011

Quinoa Vegetable Soup

For those of you participating in the Daniel Fast

Quinoa Vegetable Soup
Prep Time: 35 Min
Cook Time: 25 Min
Ready In: 1 Hr

Original Recipe Yield 6 servings

Ingredients

* 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
* 1 onion, finely chopped
* 1 carrot, diced
* 1 stalk celery, diced
* 1 zucchini, diced
* handful white mushrooms, quartered
* 1/2 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
* 1 can garbanzo beans, rinsed
* 2 cloves garlic, crushed
* 1 cup Quinoa
* 1 carton vegetable stock **
* 3 1/2 cups water
* 1 can diced tomatoes
* 1/2 TBS.-1 TBS cumin
* red pepper flakes, dash (optional)
* salt and pepper to taste
* 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley, for garnish

Directions

1. Heat the vegetable oil in a large pot on medium-high heat. Stir in the onion, carrot, celery, zucchini, mushrooms, green bell pepper, garbanzo beans, garlic, and Quinoa. Cook for a few minutes, until lightly browned, stirring frequently.
2. Add cumin, red pepper flakes (optional)
3. Pour in the vegetable broth, water, tomatoes,. Increase heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until the quinoa and vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with parsley before servings.

** I used Kitchen Basics All Natural Vegetable Cooking Stock (8 Ounce)

Quinoa Vegetable Soup

Saturday, January 1, 2011

EERINESS! Welcoming 2011!!

ERRIENESS

by Evangeline Bungie Andrews on Friday, January 1, 2010 at 1:02am
Trying to capture ERRIENESS...is that even a word..anyways it was foggy and errie on nye so I tried...