Super simple greens and beans soup (vegan)
I’m going to share with you my easy, quick, and healthy greens and beans soup recipe and 2 more recipes from other blogs that I really enjoyed this week.
I’ve been eating this greens and beans soup every Sunday for 2 and a half months and I’m still not bored of it. Every weekend I decide to cook something else but then I start craving it so much that I have to make it again 🙂 It’s so simple but so good, I just can’t get enough of it.
It is also very healthy (maybe my body knows it ;-)). I showed you how important it is to eat your greens in this post. They are the most nutritious food we can eat; they have the highest Aggregated Nutrition Density Index numbers. This soup is full of greens, and the good thing is that you can vary them according to your taste or mood. My favorite greens in this soup are bok-choy and Chinese cabbage but I made it with cabbage and spinach too. They were all delicious. I’m sure it would be also good with kale or savoy cabbage or any greens really.
The other important ingredient is beans. Beans are a very good protein source for vegans. I used kidney beans or black beans in this recipe or both of them together. Next time I want to try it with cannellini beans too. You see, it can be varied so much that it is a bit different every time you make it.
The recipe is extremely simple and easy. Basically, you just saute some onions and garlic in coconut oil until translucent. Then add your chopped greens, tinned or fresh tomatoes, beans, Italian spice mix, chili, pepper, and salt, and cook for about half an hour or until everything is cooked. I used tinned beans as I wanted this to be a quick recipe but you can certainly cook your own beans too.
Super Simple Greens and Beans soup
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3-4 cloves garlic
- 1 can chopped tomatoes (400 g)
- 2 cans beans (black or kidney or cannellini or mixed)
- 1 liter vegetable stock or water
- 1 head small cabbage or 3 bok choy (Chinese cabbage, kale, broccoli rabe, etc.)
- 2 tsp Italian seasoning (oregano, basil)
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp chili flakes
- salt
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Saute the chopped onion and garlic in coconut oil until translucent. Add the remaining ingredients except for the lemon juice. Simmer for about 30 minutes. When everything is cooked add the lemon juice and stir it. Season with salt and pepper if needed.Enjoy!
I just had to share this recipe with you before it gets warm outside and you won’t want to eat soup anymore. Let me know if you tried it. I hope you will like it as much as we like it in this house 🙂
I have two more things that I really enjoyed this week from other blogs.
Red lentil pizza base (vegan)
One is a pizza base made of lentil flour (you just blend red lentils in a blender or coffee grinder and you have your lentil flour) from Modest Dish. I’ve changed the recipe a little bit. In the original recipe, there is only lentil flour and water. I added oregano, garlic powder, salt, and about 1 tbsp ground flaxseed to the mixture. It was delicious. It is a bit crumblier than a wheat flour-based pizza and breaks quite easily but I enjoyed it very much. Note: the kids preferred the spelt flour base 🙂
You can find the pizza and other brilliant red lentil-based (not soup) recipes from Vegan But Lazy here:
Vegan red lentil recipes – Vegan But Lazy
Coco Cacao Chocolate Spread Recipe (vegan)
The other recipe is a crazy simple chocolate spread from Nest and Glow. It’s made from completely natural and healthy ingredients. To be honest it’s more like a mousse in my opinion. I ate it with a spoon with strawberries and could not stop eating it. So delicious. But probably it would be good as a spread on pancakes too.
Of course, I changed this recipe is a little bit too. Instead of coconut sugar, I used date sugar because that’s what I had at home.
You have to make sure that you use good quality coconut milk without a stabilizer in it, otherwise, it won’t set.
Coco Cacao Chocolate Spread – Nest and Glow
I hope you will enjoy the greens and beans soup, lentil flour pizza, and the healthy chocolate spread/mousse recipes! Let me know if you tried them.
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