My Mom made some vegan soup yesterday:
When I walked into her house to pick up the munchkin after work, there were such wonderful smells floating through the air. I asked her what she was making for dinner because it smelled so good! She said “I made soup. It’s vegan! Do you want some?” Ummmm….YES!!!! My Mom is a great cook and I will gladly take any food she’s giving away. She made this soup with my daughter in mind, so there are tiny pieces of pasta and tiny pieces of veggies (zucchini and green beans and some cabbage) and delicious little chickpeas all stewing in a yummy tomato base. I loved this soup, but, not completely surprisingly, my daughter did not. She did eat some of the little pieces of pasta, but then she decided it was more fun to spit them out of her mouth. Yikes.
I had better munckhin-feeding luck this morning, though, when I baked banana bread.
I adapted this recipe from the recipe for lower-fat banana bread in Veganomicon. I prepared the ingredients last night (wet in one bowl, dry in another) and then mixed them together this morning and baked the bread while we were all getting ready. It was done just in time for my daughter’s breakfast and she ate about 3/4 of a slice. That may not seem like a lot, but to me, that is a great success! Here’s my adapted recipe:
3 overripe bananas
1/2 cup of applesauce
1T of oil
2T brown rice syrup
1t vanilla
2 cups of white whole wheat flour
3/4t baking soda
1t cinnamon
1/4t nutmeg
1T wheat germ
1T ground flax mixed with 2T water
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Mix all the wet ingredients together in a bowl. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients a little at a time mixing only until all ingredients are incorporated. Pour the batter into a silicone loaf pan or into a lightly oiled loaf pan. Bake on the middle rack for 50 minutes or until a knife stuck in the middle comes out clean.
This banana bread baked up better than any other banana bread I’ve ever made. The only change I will make in the future is to use one or two more ripe bananas and I may try to add in some finely chopped dates or some date puree just for a little more sweetness. This will probably change the amount of dry ingredients needed, so I’ll be sure to update on that the next time I bake banana bread (which will be soon if my daughter continues to eat it!).
Have a great day!
mihl said,
October 21, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
So nice of your mother! The soup looks great.
I haven’t made banana bread in ages, but fortunately we have plenty of bananas, so I should reserve some for a future bread.
River (Wing-It Vegan) said,
October 21, 2008 @ 5:11 pm
Aw, sorry your munchkin didn’t like the soup. It does look really good though!
At least she liked the banana bread, which was full of great ingredients and looks delicious! YAY!
Sanja said,
October 21, 2008 @ 6:39 pm
I want to make your version of banana bread, it seems so healthy! It would be a great snack.
jessy said,
October 21, 2008 @ 7:25 pm
the soup your mom made looks fantastic & sounds awesome!! sorry the munchkin didn’t care much for it. i bet she’s going to wake up one day from a nap and decide she loves everything! that would be glorious! but that’s great that she loved the banana bread. i am going to have to try your adapted recipe, Jennifer – i love that it’s got brown rice syrup, wheat germ, flax, and applesauce. i too think dates would be a yummy addition (and maybe some walnuts -mmmmmm)! thanks for the recipe!
alaina said,
October 21, 2008 @ 7:38 pm
i love when my mom makes me vegan food! it’s so cute. sometimes she’ll cook a dish meant to have meat/cheese but set aside a portion for me and stick a note on it saying “ALAINA THIS IS VEGAN.”
Vaishali said,
October 21, 2008 @ 8:17 pm
That banana nut bread looks delicious. And so does the soup.
BitterSweet said,
October 21, 2008 @ 8:21 pm
Aw, you have such a thoughtful mom! That soup looks so perfect for these cold days that have suddenly settled in.
Tofufreak said,
October 21, 2008 @ 11:55 pm
yum! hooray for mom’s soups
Shelby said,
October 22, 2008 @ 12:19 am
I love your banana bread recipe, it’s so simple and easy to make! I love how you mixed everything the night before…thats what I do for school days.
lisa (show me vegan) said,
October 22, 2008 @ 2:23 am
vegan soup from Mom? Sounds great to me.
Celine said,
October 22, 2008 @ 6:53 am
delicious-looking nana bread!
shellyfish said,
October 22, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
How sweet of your mom! And yes, 3/4 of a slice is a freaking celebration in my opinion!
destinyskitchen said,
October 24, 2008 @ 10:37 pm
Yay, banana bread without sugar!
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