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Recently I had lots of overripe tomatoes from a neighbour and wanted to try something new with them. I settled on vegan roasted tomato soup and it was delicious!
The tomatoes I got from an app called Olio where I started collecting leftover food which is a great way to share food that you may not want or need. Maybe you bought something and find out it is not to your taste or you just bought too much of something and it will spoil soon.
I love Olio because it helps me cut down in waste and I can pass on food and non-food items to people who need them. It also provided me with many wonderful new experiences like avocado hummus and vegan sushi in the past. Not only your neighbours will be on it but also people who collect surplus food from shops and restaurants around you. If you haven’t heard about Olio yet check it out!
Soups are a great way of using up large quantities of vegetables and when you prepare big batches are easy to freeze in smaller quantities. Then when you need them you just defrost them and you have a great homemade meal.
I love making soups, especially in winter of course, but I’ve not made tomato soup before so I was keen to try something special. Roasting vegetables is stable in our household. We love roasted potatoes and other vegetables so we decided to roast our tomatoes before blending them into a soup.
As the tomatoes were past their best I cored and cut out any blemishes but roasted them with the skin on. Just add some onions and garlic and roast for about 30 minutes. I can promise you, the smells in your kitchen will be wonderful. Afterwards, you just need to put the roasted tomatoes in a pot with water and boil down the water to about a third of the original amount. You can absolutely use vegetable stock for this step but as I did not have any at-home water had to do for me. And it was fine. I just added some herbs and the soup was flavourful and delicious.
If you like me love to freeze your leftover food, ensure that the soup has cooled down completely before freezing it in batches. Try and freeze in in amounts you would use for a normal meal and then just take out of the freezer whenever you need.
To make this wonderful soup you will need a hand blender and the below ingredients:
In the beginning, you should preheat your oven to 230°C/450°F. While the oven preheats, wash, core and quarter the tomatoes. Then peel garlic and onion and quarter.
Add the tomatoes, garlic and onion to a bowl with the olive oil and ensure everything is coated in olive oil. Then put everything on a baking tray and roast on the middle shelve for about 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, remove the baking tray from the oven and transfer the tomatoes, garlic and onions to a pot. Add the vegetable stock or water depending on what you are using and the bay leaves and herbs.
Bring to a boil and then simmer for about 20 minutes. The liquid will have reduced by about a third. After 20 minutes you can take out and discard the bay leaves.
With your hand blender puré the soup until it reaches the desired smoothness. This took about 3-4 minutes for me.
Before serving, season the soup to taste with salt and pepper.
Roasted tomatoes with onions and garlic make a wonderfully delicious soup.
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate.
Have you tried this vegan roasted tomato soup? Leave a comment below and share what you loved about it!
Looking for other soup recipes? Try this leek and potato soup!
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Times are a bit strange for many of us. We spend much more time indoors and have more time on our hands to prepare food from scratch. Many people struggle with what kind of recipes they should try and how they can make the most of the staples they have at home. Be food-savvy and spend less on your next grocery shopping.
Which staple foods should you always have at home? Have a look at the below list and buy these items next time you go shopping. You may find you need a few additional items but the below list should give you a good basic supply and you can make so many recipes!
One of our staple food are oats! They usually come in cardboard packaging so are better for the environment too. They are cheap and so versatile! We love making our own granola, oat bars, oat milk and they can be used in many other recipes.
Beans, lentils and chickpeas are useful and open up so many different options! Soup, vegan burger patties, curry or vegan chilli…just to name a few.
Flour! I recommend getting plain flour if you want to make cakes, cookies or fancy making your own pasta or empanada dough. If you like making bread consider getting wholemeal flour or even spelt flour which is great for sourdough bread.
Your preferred type of oil. We love extra virgin olive oil for salads and baking but have a look around as you can usually just swap the type of oil used in most recipes.
What are your staple foods that you always have in your cupboard? What do you recommend to buy to be food-savvy and spend less? Please share your ideas in the comments!
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Currently, I’m trying to find simple recipes that I can use for a variety of dishes. I used to love pesto for pasta or as a mixture with cheese in my pre-vegan days. So I have been on the lookout for some nice option to make a vegan pesto version. My first try was this vegan spinach and pumpkin seed pesto as these are the ingredients I had at home and with London in lockdown these days I did not want to wait for my next shopping run. I am trying to use as many pantry ingredients as I can and come up with new recipes.
The idea for this recipe came because I wanted to make my own fresh vegan pasta. The combination of pasta and vegan pesto is just delicious and this pesto is actually really quickly prepared.
In the end, I also used the remaining vegan spinach and pumpkin seed pesto as a filler for my vegan empanadas. They turned out great and they are a great meal which can easily be frozen and defrosted when needed. I always like having a few empanadas in the freezer for those days when I don’t feel like cooking or preparing anything.
The recipe couldn’t be any easier. All you need is a food processor and it will only take a few minutes to whizz together this pesto.
Yes, it really is this simple! What are you going to use this simple pesto recipe with? Share it in the comments below.
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