So What The Heck Do We Eat? -- Day 95, Happy Easter!

I've been making soups non-stop so I think it might be time for me to change "so what the heck do we eat?" series into "today's soup" series.  It sounds tempting but I love pies and rice too much to completely give up solid vegan food.  Anyhow, Bryanna's Golden Vegetable Noodle Soup (from The (Almost) No Fat Cookbook: Everyday Vegetarian Recipes, page 89) almost converted me to a soup Nazi.  Just like what Bryanna said about the soup in the book, this soup had the same comforting effect as chicken noodle soup, and only better!  The best soup I've made so far.  I replaced frozen peas with green split peas and used loads of fresh cilantro together with one teaspoon of dried parsley instead of just fresh parsley.  I also used both wholewheat spaghetti and wholewheat elbows.  A small pinch of paprika and red pepper flakes added some subtle zing.

 

I had enough time to make some vegan hot cross buns.  I took this recipe and had some amazing result.  These not so traditional hot cross buns had a great texture and a subtle spicy and fragrant taste.  I simply omitted the egg and used both golden raisins and dried cranberries, which created a beautiful tang in the buns.  We loved them!