Mexican vege soup

Posting something here always makes me so happy, and I feel bad that recently I have been too busy with other things. And when life gets busy you basically end up eating the boring stuff that you just happen to have in the kitchen - and tons of chocolate and unhealthy snacks. No pride in posting them :)

On Sunday I made this mexican vege soup, the recipe is from the Finnish Pirkka magazine, that is.. well. no high class cooking mag, I can quarantee to all you non-Finnish readers :D But this soup was healthy, easy and cheap to make. Brilliant everyday food.

Mexican vege soup

1 onion
2 garlic gloves
2 big carrots
2 sweet peppers
1 stalk of celery
a can of crushed tomatoes
a can of chili beans
some oil
1 litre vege broth

Heat the veggies a while on a frying pan. Mix with vege broth and tomatoes. Add the beans last.

A million dollar tip; make the soup in advance. I mean, just do it and leave it to cool down. Then heat it the next day to eat it. Tastes a million times better! And I'm pretty sure that the third heating reeeally does the trick, because today this soup (with fresh bread) was like a little peace of heaven on earth. On a cold day, tired after a day of work. Mmmm... ^^

Extra tip; add some Tabasco ;)

Kale sweet potato soup

Nothing feels nicer on a chilly autumn day than a big bowl of hot soup, enjoyed with two huge pieces of oven-warm home made nutty bread! The recipe is from the lovely Joy the Baker blog.

Salmon soup and homemade bread

We are having a bit of a traditional food weekend. Yesterday I got to enjoy the best ever macaroni casserole, or what ever "makaroonilaatikko" is called in English, made by my boyfriend. The absolute best! And yeah, the real traditional version is of course made with minced meat, but since I'm a vegetarian, this one was made using soya. And with a lot of cheese! Enjoyed with even more lot of ketchup! And a glass of cold milk. 

Today I made my first ever salmon soup. Very traditional. Took the recipe from a very traditional Finnish household magazine, but kind of forgot to buy some of the ingredients, so improvising we went. The result was amazingly delicious. 

I also baked some oat-walnut-bread, that came out quite perfect. Didn't have any recipe. It went something like this: 

2 dl milk

1 dl water

0,5 dl rape oil (my gosh, is rypsi really rape in English, someone correct me if I'm hideously wrong!)

dry yeast

salt

spelt flour

mixed flour

oat brans

oatmeal

sunflower seeds

walnuts

Let it chill for a half an hour before baking in 200 celsius for 30 minutes.