Last night, I made this for dinner:
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| I swear this is edible |
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “Jana, what the f*ck is that? It looks like something I pulled from my gutters or something you sample from a swamp. How the hell is that edible?” I know you’re thinking that because that is exactly what I thought when I first looked at it.
Just to clear up any confusion, it’s soup. It was supposed to be a derivative of something my daughter ate at daycare (which I now believe was Italian wedding soup but let’s not go there) and something she said she liked. When I asked her what was in it she told me: hamburger, spinach, carrots and rice. I figured “hey, I can make that. No problem.” So I bought the ingredients and decided to make it for dinner. What could go wrong, right?
I can’t say that anything necessarily went wrong because it tasted really good (or at least I thought so). My daughter hated the spinach but she’s 4 1/2 and I don’t really trust the judgment of someone who thinks chicken nuggets are gourmet foods. My husband wasn’t home to eat it.
I’m glad I made it because, honestly, I’ll make it again though I might substitute the frozen spinach for fresh spinach. It might give it less of that swampy appearance. In case you want the recipe, here it is:
Daily Money Shot’s Swamp Soup
Ingredients:
- 1 bag Morningstar Farms soy burger crumbles (did I mention that I don’t eat meat?)
- 1/2 bag frozen spinach
- 1 can fire roasted tomatoes, undrained
- 1 carrot, shredded (though you can cut it into pieces instead)
- 6 cups vegetable broth
- Black pepper, to taste
- Heat soy burger crumbles, frozen spinach, tomatoes and carrots until warmed through (if still a little frozen, that’s OK)
- Add vegetable broth and season with pepper.
- Bring to boil then let simmer for approximately 15 minutes
This looks delicious! It's not always easy finding a money tie-in, but this is great value.
Thanks, Hunter! I was quite surprised that it didn't taste nearly as bad as it looks.
I'd likely swap grass fed organic beef for the soy burgers. Looks like a really hearty soup for a cold winter day.
A lot of good soup doesn't exactly look elegant, but tastes good nonetheless!
While admittedly I had no idea what could have been in the soup based on what I saw in the picture, the ingredients make it look good. By the way, I'd be more likely to eat this with the soy crumbles than with the actual meat. No cholesterol!
actually, this looks like my kinda eating!! thanks especially for this post, as I'd been wondering how those crumbles would work in soups!
Looks great! My boyfriend is a vegetarian so I'm always hunting for new recipes. Plus we have these Morningstar veggie patties in our freezer and, frankly, we don't like eating them plain. This gives us a way to use them!